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VIRGINIA WOOLF'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH VITA SACKVILLE WEST

DO THEY HAVE AN AFFAIR ? Does Virginia Woolf has a love affair with her close friend Vita Sackville West? The answer is yes. they have, not from the very first day but with the passage of time. They initially met in year 1922 in a dinner party as both were the members of Bohemian Bloomsbury set (Its a group of people of modern age who live their lives with their own wish, unconventional, usually artistic, lives. They were basically supporters or followers of Bloomsbury Group) and gradually they fell in love, liked each others company, spent quality time together and this love lasted for number of years. Although for vita, Virginia was not her first love. She has had many affairs before meeting her. WHO WAS VITA SACKVILLE WEST ? Vita Sackville West, was an English poet and a successful prolific novelist. Her first love  was Rosamund who was four years elder than her. She wrote for Rosamund in her diary that "I love her so much". Their secret love relationship ended