"IMG_2742" (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by acjetter Virginia Stephen and Leonard Woolf first met while Virginia was visiting her brother Thoby at Trinity College in the year 1900. When she was wearing white gown, Leonard fell in love with her at first sight. Few years later one of their mutual friends named Lytton Strachey wrote to him to propose Virginia. “Your destiny is clearly marked out for you, but will you allow it to work? You must marry Virginia. She’s sitting waiting for you, is there any objection? She’s the only woman in the world with sufficient brains, it’s a miracle that she should exist; but if you’re not careful you’ll lose the opportunity…She’s young, wild, inquisitive, discontented, and longing to be in love.” (Brooks) On which Leonard replied: “Do you think Virginia would have me? Wire to me if she accepts. I’ll take the next boat home.” (Brooks) The above lines show that somewhere Leonard was not at all ...
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