Peter Stansky and
William Abrahams
Julian Bell explores the life of a younger member, and sole
poet, of the Bloomsbury Group, the most important community of British writers
and intellectuals in the twentieth century, which includes Virginia Woolf
(Julian's aunt), E. M. Forster, the economist John Maynard Keynes, and the art
critic Roger Fry. This biography draws upon the expanding archives on
Bloomsbury to present Julian's life more completely and more personally than
has been done previously. It is an intense and profound exploration of
personal, sexual, intellectual, political, and literary life in England between
the two world wars. Through Julian, the book provides important insights on
Virginia Woolf, his mother Vanessa Bell, and other members of the Bloomsbury
Group. Taking us from London to China to Spain during its civil war, the book
is also the ultimately heartbreaking story of one young man's life.
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