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Virgina Woolf wrote children's stories?,
By wiredweird "wiredweird" (Earth, or somewhere nearby) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME REVIEWER) (TOP 500 REVIEWER)
This review is from: The Widow and the Parrot (Hardcover)
Well, she wrote at least this one. It's a brief, gentle fairy tale about, you guessed it, an old woman and a parrot. It's a quiet story with a happy ending - she dies, but dies happy - and morals about trust and kindness.This little-known work by a well-known author was actually done as a commission. Her nephews Quentin and Julian Bell, small boys at the time, had a family newsletter. They figured they could do worse than ask auntie, the writer, for a contribution. Frankly, they were a bit disappointed, but too gracious to say so at the time. Years later, as near as I can tell, it resurfaced among adult Quentin's family papers, and he recognized it for the gem it in fact is. Then, to keep it a family matter, it was illustrated by a next-generation Bell also named Juian. It's an interesting literary oddity as well as a charming story. //wiredweird |
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The Widow and the Parrot by Virginia Woolf (Hardcover - Apr. 1988)
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