Charleston: A Bloomsbury House & Garden is a fascinating personal account by Quentin Bell and his daughter Virginia Nicholson of the extraordinary Bloomsbury Group country house, its history and the lives of those who lived in it.
The author recounts anecdotes of his parents, Vanessa and Clive Bell, his aunt, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, Maynard Keynes, Anthony Blunt, and other British writers and artists
The author's biography of his famous aunt from early childhood, through marriage, mental break-downs, foundation of the famous Bloomsbury Group and final tragic death
1880-1911
Includes all five paperback books in slipcase.
Der legendäre Bloomsbury-Kreis von Künstlern und Literaten um die Schwestern Virginia Woolf und Vanessa Bell, geschildert von einem, der darin aufgewachsen ist: dem Sohn von Virginia Woolfs Schwester. Aus der Innensicht entwirft er in sechzehn biographischen Porträts eine ganze Welt. »Ein heiteres, charmantes Buch.« Janet Malcolm, The New York Times
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