Letter, [1933] May 4, 52 Tavistock Square [London] to [Bianca Weiss]. 1933 May 04
Cage 4876

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections.
Creator
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.
Title
Letter, [1933] May 4, 52 Tavistock Square [London] to [Bianca Weiss].
ID
Cage 4876
Date [inclusive]
1933 May 04
Extent
1 Leaf, 
Language
Collection materials are in English.
Abstract
Autograph letter, signed, mainly in Italian, discussing Woolf's upcoming trip to Italy and other matters, from Virginia Woolf to her Italian teacher, Bianca Weiss. Weiss' name is not given in the letter; she is addressed as "Carissima Signora." The teacher's identity is found in an earlier letter from Woolf to Vita Sackville-West (February 14, 1933; published in The Letters of Virginia Woolf, ed. Nicolson, V, pp. 157, 175).

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Biography/History

Unpublished letter. Not included in The Letters of Virginia Woolf, ed. Nicolson. Purchase, Michael Silverman, 2005. Woolf was a well-known author whose works included novels, poetry, biography, travel books, and essays. She was the co-founder and operator of the Hogarth Press with her husband, Leonard Woolf. She was a member of the the Bloomsbury group, a circle of authors and other intellectuals living in or near the Bloomsbury district of London in the early twentieth century.

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Scope and Content

Autograph letter, signed, mainly in Italian, discussing Woolf's upcoming trip to Italy and other matters, from Virginia Woolf to her Italian teacher, Bianca Weiss. Weiss' name is not given in the letter; she is addressed as "Carissima Signora." The teacher's identity is found in an earlier letter from Woolf to Vita Sackville-West (February 14, 1933; published in The Letters of Virginia Woolf, ed. Nicolson, V, pp. 157, 175).

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. 

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research.

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Names and Subjects

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