Virginia Woolf for Beginners

Writers & Readers Documentary Comic Book

by Aaron Rosenblatt, Naomi Rosenblatt (Illustrator)

Traces the life of Virginia Woolf, describes her relationship with the Bloomsbury Group, and discusses her accomplishments as a writer.

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Dena Lawrence · Rating 4 out of 5]

My mom and one of my sisters are huge fans of Virginia Wolff. Recently I have been reading Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel, which has a lot of material about Wolff and her influence on Bechdel. So I decided to read this graphic biography. It was written in 1984, so they call it a “documentary comic book.” It is thorough, well-written, and sometimes very funny, especially the illustrations. I enjoyed reading it. My only beef was calling her half brothers “stepbrothers.” (They had the same mother.”) There is a helpful bibliography in the back which includes all of Wolff’s works, biographies, and monographs.

[Brašna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enchanting. Beautiful illustrations accompany the story of Virginia Woolf, including her work, love life, mental health, ideas and so much more. Highly recommended. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? After reading this, only compassion and fascination remains. And once again, the illustrations! If only I owned this book physically.

[TrumanCoyote · Rating 2 out of 5]

The phrase "white people's problems" definitely kept coming to mind...

[Özlem Güzelharcan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Karum Yayınlarının 1992'de çıkardığı Türkçe baskısını Nadirkitap'ta bulup almıştım, keyifli bir okuma oldu.

[Michael P. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not a Woolf fan, I cannot evaluate the accuracy of this book or know if it describes her work adequately. I read it to inform myself about an important writer whose works I do not wish to read. The book seems to do that well. Books such as this are hard to organize. The topical approach admits some overlap, but that price seems worth paying here. I feel as informed about Woolf’s life and work as I want to be. The other reason I read this is to troll for Shakespeare references. They are on pages 19, 52, and 61.