title: The Letters of Virginia Woolf : Vol. 5
author: Nigel Nicolson
description: <DIV><DIV>VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882&#8211;1941) was&#160;one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels.</DIV></DIV>
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  ## [DEDICATION](9780062311603_Contents.xhtml#rded)
  
  
  _To Charles Arthur  
  and Cathy Runciman_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [EPIGRAPH](9780062311603_Contents.xhtml#repi)
  
  
  _Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart
  and his friends can only read the title._
  
  
  —VIRGINIA WOOLF
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## CONTENTS
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](9780062311603_Dedication.xhtml#ded)
  
  
  [Epigraph](9780062311603_Epigraph.xhtml#epi)
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](9780062311603_Acknowledgments.xhtml#frontmatter01)
  
  
  [Prologue](9780062311603_Prologue.xhtml#frontmatter02)
  
  
  [**Part One**](9780062311603_Part_1.xhtml#part01)
  
  
  [Chapter One](9780062311603_Chapter_1.xhtml#chapter01)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](9780062311603_Chapter_2.xhtml#chapter02)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](9780062311603_Chapter_3.xhtml#chapter03)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](9780062311603_Chapter_4.xhtml#chapter04)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](9780062311603_Chapter_5.xhtml#chapter05)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](