The London Scene

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From the docklands of the East End to the Houses of Parliament; from the bustle of Oxford Street to peaceful moments on Hampstead Heath - Virginia Woolf explores the city's hidden places and draws a remarkable portrait of the daily lives of Londoners. Capturing the London of the 1930s, but also the eternal city we recognise today, this is the perfect snapshot of an extraordinary metropolis. 'London perpetually attracts, stimulates, gives me a play and a story and a poem, without any trouble, save that of moving my legs through the streets. . . . To walk alone through London is the greatest rest.' - Virginia Woolf '1930s London comes alive in these six evocative essays . . . a discerning, affectionate tour of her beloved city' Washington Post

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was a celebrated novelist, essayist and critic, and a significant figure in the 'Bloomsbury Group' of artists and writers. Her first novel, The Voyage Out, appeared in 1915, and she is best remembered for her novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and the feminist classic A Room of One's Own (1929). Hermione Lee is President of Wolfson College, Oxford. She is the author of critically acclaimed works on Elizabeth Bowen, Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, and Edith Wharton. Her most recent book is Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life.