8. VW to CB, 20/4/08, Letters I, p.326
9. Moments of Being, p.103
10. Moments of Being, p.87
11. Moments of Being, p.80
12. The Waves, p.104
13. Moments of Being, p.81
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Moments of Being, p.49
17. Moments of Being, p.50
18. Mrs Ramsay’s belief in To the Lighthouse (p.46)
19. Moments of Being, p.51
20. Jim Stephen was eventually sent to St Andrew’s Mental Hospital in Northamptonshire, where he starved himself to death, see Caramagno, pp.101–3
21. Moments of Being, p.77
22. Wilberforce to Elizabeth Robins, 23/12/40, see Dunn, p.296
23. Moments of Being, p.185
24. Moments of Being, p.193
25. Ibid.
26. VW to VB, 21/7/11, Letters I, p.469
CHAPTER 5
1. Moments of Being, p.103
2. Mausoleum Book, p.xxvi
3. Moments of Being, p.112
4. Moments of Being, p.116
5. 7/4/1897, Early Journals, p.67
6. 10/4/1897, Early Journals, p.68
7. 28/4/1897, Early Journals, p.77
8. 9/5/1897, Early Journals, p.83
9. Moments of Being, p.137
10. 1/1/1898, Early Journals, p.134
11. VD to VB, 6/7/42, see King, p.67
12. Moments of Being, p.112
13. Moments of Being, p.149
14. Menstruation began in October 1896, according to Stella’s diary (see King, p.57). Virginia, and Vanessa, always spent at least the first day of a period in bed. 25/10/17, Diary I, p.66
15. Moments of Being, p.158
16. Ibid.
17. Moments of Being, p.159
18. 15/4/08, VW to CB, Letters I, p.324
19. 28/11/28, Diary III, p.208
20. VW to VD, Oct/Nov 1902, Letters I, p.61
21. VW to VD, 30/4/03, Letters I, p.75
22. VW to VD, 7/7/03, Letters I, p.85
23. VW to VD, 30/6/03, Letters I, p.82
24. VW to VD, Oct/Nov 1902, Letters I, p.57
25. VW to VD, 4/3/04, Letters I, p.130
26. VW to VD, 31/3/04, Letters I, p.136.
27. VW to VD, 28/2/04, Letters I, p.130
28. VW to VD, 4/3/04, Letters I, p.134
29. VW to Emma Vaughan, 25/4/04, Letters I, p.138
30. Ibid.
31. VW to VD, 6/5/04, Letters I, p.139
32. VW to VD, 22/9/04, Letters I, p.142, see Bell I, p.90
33. VW to VD, 22/9/04, Letters I, p.142
CHAPTER 6
1. Letters I, (Nicolson) p.xv
2. Moments of Being, pp.204–205
3. Moments of Being, p.205
4. Lytton Strachey, quoted from Holroyd, p.60
5. Moments of Being, p.209
6. Moments of Being, p.208
7. LS to LW, Jan 1905, Spotts, p.75
8. VW to VD, 18/12/06, Letters I, p.266
9. VW to VD, 10/12/06, Letters I, p.259
10. VW to VD, 31/12/06, Letters I, p.274
11. Ibid.
12. VW to VD, 30/12/06, Letters I, p.273
13. VW to VD, 3/6/07, Letters I, p.297
14. VB to VW, 30/7/07, Letters I, p.51
15. VB to Dora Carrington, 25/1/32, p.371
16. Diary II, 17/10/24, p.316
17. The Voyage Out, p.206
18. VW to VB, 31/12/18, Letters II, p.310
19. VW to VD, 13/5/08, Letters I, p.331
20. VW to CB, May 1908; Letters I, p.333
21. Diary III, 6/1/25, p.4
22. (Christopher Isherwood) see Noble, p.217
23. VW to CB, May 1908, Letters I, p.333
24. VW to CB, 6/5/08, Letters I, p.329
25. VW to CB, 9/8/08, Letters I, p.344
26. VW to CB, 7/2/09, Letters I, p.382
27. VW to Gwen Raverat, 22/3/25, Letters III, p.172
28. VW to VB, 28/7/10, Letters I, p.430
29. VW to CB, 4/9/10, Letters I, p.433
CHAPTER 7
1. VB ‘Memoir’, see Spalding, p.94
2. VB ‘Memoir’, see Dunn, p.147
3. VW to VB, 8/6/11, Letters I, p.466
4. see Tomalin, p.35
5. VW to Molly MacCarthy, March 1912, Letters I, p.492
6. VW to LW, 1/5/12, Letters I, p.496
CHAPTER 8
1. LW Autobiog. I, p.18
2. Spotts, p.7
3. LW Autobiog. I, p.14
4. Bella Woolf to LW, 4/5/01, Spotts, p.16
5. see Holroyd, p.83
6. LW Autobiog I, p.93
7. Ibid.
8. LW Autobiog. I, p.282
9. LW Autobiog. II, p.6
10. LS to LW 1907, Spotts, p.131
11. LS to James Strachey, 15/6/11, see Holroyd, p.233
12. LW Autobiog II, p.14
13. LW to LS, 12/12/06, Spotts, p.122
14. Spotts, p.139
15. LS to LW, 19/2/09, Spotts, p.147
16. Ibid.
17. LW to LS, 4/9/09, Spotts, p.149
18. Ibid.
19. LW to John Lehmann, 18/9/43, Spotts, p.345
20. LW to LS, 19/5/07, Spotts, p.128
21. LW Autobiog. I, p.230
22. Bella Woolf to LW 27/7/09, Spotts, p.172
23. LW to VW, 29/4/12, Spotts, p.172
24. VW to LS, 5/3/12, Letters I, p.491
25. VB to VW, 2/6/12, Letters I, p.117
26. VW to VVD, 24/6/12, Letters I, p.505
27. Moments of Being, p.205
28. VW to LW, 1/5/12, Letters I, p.496
29. Ibid.
30. LW to VW, 29/4/12, Spotts, p.172
31. VW to ES, 2/8/30, Letters IV, p.194
32. VW to LW, 1/5/12, Letters I, p.496
33. VW to ES, 2/8/30, Letters IV, p.194
34. Diary III, 3/9/28, p.194
35. Marie Woolf to LW, 7/8/12, Spotts, p.178
36. LW Autobiog. II, p.55
37. Savage’s opinions are taken from his writings on ‘Insanity and Marriage, J. Mental Sci 57, 97–112, (1911); ‘The Factors of Insanity’, Lancet, 26/10/07, 1138–1140; ‘Discussion on Insanity and Marriage’, BMJ, 22/10/10, 1242–1243
38. LW Autobiog. II, p.115
39. LW Autobiog. II, p.56
40. VW to Janet Case, 13/8/12, Letters II, p.1
CHAPTER 9
1. VW to LW, Nov 1912, Letters II, p.12
2. Gerald Brenan to Rosemary Dinnage, 1967, Spotts p.162
3. VW to Ka Cox, 4/9/12, Letters II, p.6
4. VB to CB. 27/12/12, see Marler, p.131
5. VSW to HN, 17/8/26, Nicolson, p.158
6. Wise Virgins, p.52
7. VB to VW, 26/1/13, see Dunn, p.190
8. LW Autobiog. II, p.56
9. VW to VD, 11/4/13, Letters II, p.22
10. VW to Ethel Sands, 9/2/27, Letters III, p.329
11. 15/9/27, Diary III, p.14
12. 5/9/26, Diary III, p.106
13. Principia Politica, p.108
14. LW Autobiog. II p.105
15. VB to RF, 26/7/13, see Bell II, p.12
16. LW to VW, 8/4/13, Spotts, p.182
17. VW to LW, 4/8/13, Letters II, p.34
18. VB to LW, 28/8/13, see Marler, p.141
19. LW Autobiog. II, p.116
20. VW to LW, 4/12/13, Letters II, p.35
21. VW to LW, 8/3/14, Letters II, p.40
22. LW to VW, 13/3/14, Spotts, p.205
23. see Bell II, p.19
24. VW to VSW, 23/9/25, Letters III, p.214
25. 27/1/15, Diary I, p.29
26. 17/1/15, Diary I, p.20
27. 24/1/15, Diary I, p.27
28. VW to LS, 26/2/15, Letters II, p.61
29. Ibid.
30. VW to ES, 1/7/30, Letters IV, p.183
31. VB to RF, 25/6/15, see Bell II, p.26
CHAPTER 10
1. 9/1/24, Di
ary II, p.282
2. VW to ES, 22/6/30, Letters IV, p.179
3. VW to ES, 16/10/30, Letters IV, p.230
4. Ibid.
5. Christina Rossetti, ‘Goblin Market’
6. Diary II, 26/1/20, p.13
7. Moments of Being, p.81
8. Diary III, 14/6/25, p.29
9. VW to LW, 31/10/17, Letters II, p.193
10. Clarissa Dalloway’s choice in Mrs Dalloway (p.29)
11. LW Autobiog. II, p.53
12. 21/12/24, Diary II, p.324
13. 31/1/15, Diary I, p.31
14. VW to VB, 30/7/16, Letters II, p.107
15. VW to VB, 8/5/27, Letters III, p.369
16. VB to RF, 16/10/16, see Marler, p.200
17. VB to LS, 24/10/16, see Bell II, p.23
18. LS to VB, 25/10/16, see Bell II, p.23
19. VW to VB, 27/2/19, Letters II, p.335
20. 9/6/19, Diary I, p.278
21. 3/7/19, Diary I, p.285
22. LW Autobiog. II, p.209
23. Diary II,15/2/20, p.20
24. 18/3/21, Diary II, p.101
25. 1/11/24, Diary II, p.320
26. VW to OM, Feb 1924, Letters III, p.90
27. VW to Madge Vaughan, 9 May, Letters I, p.395
28. VW to VB, 22/5/17, Letters II, p.155
29. VW to Ethel Sands, 31/5/25, Letters III, p.187
CHAPTER 11
1. 8/8/21, Diary II, p.125
2. 22/1/22, Diary II, p.156
3. VW to VD, 23/1/23, Letters III, p.8
4. Maurice Craig ‘Discussion of Early Treatment of Mental Disorders’, Lancet, 7/11/25, p.967
5. VW to VB, 29/1/18, Letters II, p.213
6. 22/10/27, Diary III, p.161
7. VW to ES, 14/11/30, Letters IV, p.253
8. Maurice Craig, Ibid.
9. LW Autobiog. II, p.114
10. Maurice Craig’s obituary, Lancet, 12/1/35, p.87
11. Mrs Dalloway, p.87
12. Diary II, 25/10/20, p.72
13. Diary II, 17/3/23, p.238
14. VW to VB, 20/2/22, Letters II, p.504
15. Diary II, 11/6/22, p.176
16. Diary II, 28/6/23, p.250
17. Diary II, 2/1/23, p.221
18. Diary II, 28/6/23, p.250
19. Ibid.
20. Diary II, 15/10/23, p.270
21. Diary II, 3/1/24, p.281
22. Diary II, 9/1/24, p.282
23. Mrs Dalloway, p.5
CHAPTER 12
1. 15/12/22, Diary II, p.216
2. 5/7/24, Diary II, p.306
3. 19/2/23, Diary II, p.234
4. 5/7/24, Diary II, p.306
5. VW to Jacques Raverat, 24/1/25, Letters III, p.154
6. VW to VSW, 16/11/25, Letters III, p.221
7. VW to David Garnett, 4/1/25, Letters III, p.153
8. 5/7/24, Diary II, p.306
9. VW to Jacques Raverat, 26/12/24, Letters III, p.149
10. VW to VSW, 26/1/26, Letters III, p.231
11. LW Autobiog. II, p.268
12. 15/9/24, Diary II, p.313
13. A theory LW developed through the character of Harry in The Wise Virgins (p.57)
14. VSW to VW, 16/7/24, DeSalvo & Leaska, p.53
15. VW to VSW, 19/8/24, Letters III, p.125
16. 15/9/24, Diary II, p.313
17. 17/10/24, Diary II, p.316
18. 8/4/25, Diary III, p.6
19. Ibid.
21. VSW to VW, 26/5/25, DeSalvo & Leaska, p.65
22. 30/7/25, Diary III, p.37
23. 5/9/25, Diary III, p.38
24. VW to VSW, 7/9/25, Letters III, p.204
25. ‘On Being Ill’, p.196
26. VW to VSW 13/10/25, Letters III, p.217
27. 27/11/25, Diary III, p.46
28. VSW to VW, 23/10/25, DeSalvo & Leaska, p.80
29. 7/12/25, Diary III, p.48
30. Ibid.
31. VW to VSW, 9/12/25, Letters III, p.227
32. 23/2/26, Diary III, p.59
33. 21/12/25, Diary III, p.51
34. Ibid.
35. 19/1/26, Diary III, p.57
36. 21/12/25, Diary III, p.51
37. 23/11/26, Diary III, p.116
38. VSW to VW, 1/1/26, DeSalvo & Leaska, p.87
39. VW to VB, 13/6/26, Letters III, p.273
40. VSW to HN, 7/11/26, Nicolson, p.168
41. 5/9/26, Diary III, p.106
42. 28/9/26, Diary III, p.111
43. Ibid.
44. 8/2/26, Diary III, p.57
45. 18/4/26, Diary III, p.75
46. 25/5/26, Diary III, p.87
47. 4/9/27, Diary III, p.153
48. VSW to HN, 23/11/26, Nicolson, p.174
49. VSW to HN, 30/11/26, Nicolson, p.175
50. HN to VSW, 17/12/26, Nicolson, p.176
51. VSW to HN, 21/12/26, Nicolson, p.178
52. 23/1/27, Diary III, p.123
53. 18/4/26, Diary III, p.75
54. 25/5/26, Diary III, p.87
55. 23/7/27, Diary III, p.147
56. 4/7/27, Diary III, p.144
57. 23/7/27, Diary III, p.147
58. VW to VSW, 14/6/27, Letters III, p.391
59. VW to Eddy Sackville-West, 22/10/28, Letters III, p.548
60. 22/3/28, Diary III, p.177
61. Portrait of a Marriage, Nicolson, p.186
62. VW to VSW, 9/10/27, Letters III, p.427
63. VSW to VW, 11/10/27, DeSalvo & Leaska, p.252
64. 31/5/28 Diary III, p.183
65. see Glendenning, p.201
66. VW to VSW, 9/10/27, Letters III, p.427
67. VW to VSW, 13/10/27, Letters III, p.429
68. 22/9/28, Diary III, p.197
69. VW to LW, 28/9/28, Letters III, p.538
70. VW to LW, 25/9/28, Letters III, p.534
71. see Glendenning, p.201
72. VSW to HN, Nicolson, 17/8/26, p.158
73. Glendenning, p.180
74. Ibid., p.196
75. 25/11/29, Diary III, p.267
76. 7/7/28, Diary III, p.187
77. VW to VSW, 28/1/29, Letters IV, p.8
78. LW to VB, 28/1/29, Spotts, p.235
79. VSW to VW, 6/2/29, DeSalvo & Leaska, p.321
80. 13/4/29, Diary III, p.220
81. 28/3/29, Diary III, p.218
82. 10/8/29, Diary III, p.240
83. 5/8/29, Diary III, p.238
84. VW to VSW, 25/7/31, Letters IV, p.362
86. 18/6/27, Diary III, p.138
87. 7/2/31, Diary IV, p.10
88. 30/9/26, Diary III, p.113
89. 7/2/31, Diary IV, p.10
90. 11/10/29, Diary III, p.253
91. 28/9/29, Diary III, p.111
92. 16/9/29, Diary III, p.253
93. VB to VW, 15/10/31, see Marler, p.367
94. ES to VW, 23/10/31, (Nicolson) Letters IV, p.395
95. 17/10/31, Diary IV, p.49
96. VW to Ben Nicolson, 1/11/31, Letters IV, p.400
97. VSW to William Plomer, 6/12/31, Letters IV, p.411
98. VW to ES, 16/7/30, Letters IV, p.187
99. VW to VSW, 5/5/30, Letters IV, p.162
100. VW to ES, 3/9/30, Letters IV, p.207
101. 2/6/31, Diary IV, p.29
CHAPTER 13
1. 3/2/32, Diary IV, p.70
2. 25/11/21, Diary II, p.144
3. 2/8/24, Diary II, p.307
4. LW Autobiog. p.315
5. see Lehmann, p.75
6. 9/5/26, Diary III, p.80
7. LW Autobiog. II, p.256
8. see Holroyd, p.481
9. ‘On Being Ill’, p.196
10. Principia Politica, p.68
11. Principia Politica, p.65
12. VW to ES, 19/12/31, Letters IV, p.415
13. 25/12/31, Diary IV, p.55
14. 27/12/31, Diary IV, p.55
15. 22/1/32, Diary IV, p.64
16. 12/3/32, Diary IV, p.81
17.
Ibid.
18. 24/3/32, Diary IV, p.85
19. 25/6/35, Diary IV, p.326
20. 25/5/32, Diary IV, p.102
21. VW to ES, 26/5/32, Letters V, p.66
22. 5/8/32, Diary IV, p.120
23. 10/11/32, Diary IV, p.130
CHAPTER 14
1. 15/1/33, Diary IV, p.142
2. Political Quarterly in Spotts, p.379
3. VW to VD, 18/4/35, Letters V, p.384
4. see Bell II, p.189
5. LW Autobiog. II, p.327
6. LW Autobiog. II, p.369
7. LW Autobiog. II, p.368
8. Bell II, p.258
9. Three Guineas, p.123
10. 28/4/35, Diary IV, p.307
11. 2/7/34, Diary IV, p.223
12. VW to ES, 18/5/31, Letters IV, p.332
13. 17/9/35, Diary IV, p.342
14. 29/4/33, Diary IV, p.153
15. VW to M. Llewellyn Davies, 28/4/35, Letters V, p.388
16. 9/5/35, Diary IV, p.310
17. VB to CB, 26/5/35, see Dunn, p.231
18. 1/6/35, Diary IV, p.318
19. 5/6/35, Diary IV, p.319
20. VW to OM, 4/10/35, Letters V, p.428
21. 4/9/35, Diary IV, p.337
22. 2/11/32, Diary IV, p.129
23. 15/10/35, Diary IV, p.346
24. 27/10/35, Diary IV, p.348
25. 16/1/36, Diary V, p.8
26. 11/3/36, Diary V, p.15
27. 13/3/36, Diary V, p.16
28. VW to VB, 1/10/38, Letters VI, p.275
29. 24/3/36, Diary V, p.20
30. 3/11/36, Diary V, p.28
31. VW to ES, 4/9/36, Letters VI, p.70
32. 3/11/36, Diary VI, p.71
33. 3/11/36, Diary V, p.28
34. 5/11/36, Diary V, p.30
35. LW Autobiog. II, p.301
36. LW Autobiog. II, p.299
37. see letter from VW to VB, 22/7/36, Letters VI, p.57
38. VW to LW, 14/7/36, Letters VI, p.54
39. VW to ES, 26/8/36, Letters VI, p.67
40. 24/11/36, Diary V, p.35
41. LW to Julian Bell, 5/7/36, Spotts, p.407
42. LW to Julian Bell, 15/11/36, Spotts, p.409
43. VW to ES, 24/2/37, Letters VI, p.109
44. VW to ES, 28/6/37, Letters VI, p.141
45. 19/7/37, Diary V, p.102
46. VW to Molly MacCarthy, 16/1/38, Letters VI, p.208
47. 18/12/37, Diary V, p.121
48. 12/12/38, Diary V, p.191
49. B. Webb, Diary, p.443
50. 23/10/31 Diary IV, p.51
51. 22/10/37, Diary V, p.115
52. VB to VSW, 2/4/41, see Marler, p.475
53. VW to VB, 17/8/37, Letters VI, p.158
54. 11/8/37, Diary V, p.106
55. VW to VB, 3/2/38, Letters VI, p.211
56. VB to VW, 4/2/38, see Bell II, p.203
57. 12/10/37, Diary V, p.112