Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The author of this competent but rather dull book is the wife of Virginia Woolf's nephew, Cecil Woolf, and as such she has a special interest in her subject and special access to some information about it. She follows the novelist's London path from her birthplace, 22 Hyde Park Gate, to the various houses she lived in later. There are drawings of all these houses, including those now demolished. The drawings are, like the book, rather uninteresting but commenting clearly on the similarity of so many London houses. Besides the houses, the walks through London found in the novels and other writings are mapped out, none too clearly or completely, and houses outside London are also described and illustrated: Talland House, St. Ives, Asham House, Monk's House, and Charleston. It is hard to be enthusiastic about this book, but to someone interested in Virginia Woolf and London it could be useful and instructive." Reviewed by Daniel Weiss, Virginia Quarterly Review (Copyright 2006 Virginia Quarterly Review)