On Being Ill Tapa dura - 2002

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is one of the great literary geniuses of the 20th century. Her innovative fiction and essays are revered by readers around the globe. She was a central member of the Bloomsbury group and a groundbreaking feminist, publishing book-length essays that continue to change the lives of women today. Her most popular novels include "To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway," and "Orlando." When she was not writing, Virginia Woolf operated Hogarth Press with her husband Leonard Woolf.
Hermione Lee (1948- ) is the acclaimed Virginia Woolf scholar and the author of "Virginia Woolf" (Knopf, 1997). She is a biographer, critic, broadcaster, and Goldsmith's Professor of English Literature and Fellow of New College, Oxford, England. She is also the author of "Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up; Philip Roth; Elizabeth Bowen: An Estimation; The Novels of Virginia Woolf"; and "Edith Wharton." She is one of the co-editors of the "Oxford Poets Anthologies."