Monk's House – Virginia Woolf's Home

Monk's House – Virginia Woolf's Home

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Monk's House – Virginia Woolf's Home

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Location: Rodmell, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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June 1, 2024

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Tilman Spengler is the man on German television who brings great authors and their works closer to the culture-loving viewer. His series "Classics of World Literature" pays tribute to women and men of the writing profession from all eras with a 15-minute episode of this series (in German). One of these writers is
* VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882 to 1941).
The article can be found in the ARD media library under the following link:
ardmediathek.de/video/klassiker-der-weltliteratur/virginia-woolf/ard-alpha/Y3JpZDovL2JyLmRlL3ZpZGVvLzkxODAyOWQ5LTZjOGUtNDEwYi1iODgyLTUwNzNlNTM3MWJiZA

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Anette

July 12, 2024

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Virginia and Leonard Woolf's cottage is tiny and nestles in a small garden: a vegetable garden, a perennial garden, a small orchard and a croquet field with a wonderful view. Both of them wrote here - Virginia Woolf in her own room or in the summer in the small hut in the garden.

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Kit P

October 15, 2021

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This gorgeous house with a stunning conservatory served as Virginia Woolf's home for over 20 years, up until her death in 1941. Complete with a writing lodge, wonderful gardens and its immaculately-preserved contents, the house is maintained by the National Trust and open to visitors during the summer months.

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Location: Rodmell, Lewes, East Sussex, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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