Virginia Woolf Woolf with well needed relief from the pace of London life and was where she found a happiness that she expressed in her diary of May 5, 1919 "Oh, but how happy we've been at Asheham! It was a most melodious time. Everything went so freely; - but I can't analyse all the sources of my joy". "Asham" was also the inspiration for "A Haunted House" (1921-1944), and was painted by members of the Bloomsbury Group, including Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry. It was during these times at "Asham" that Ka Cox (seen here) started to devote herself to Virginia
Virginia Woolf influence she has had on literary, particularly feminist criticism. A number of authors have stated that their work was influenced by Virginia Woolf, including Margaret Atwood, Michael Cunningham, Gabriel García Márquez, and Toni Morrison. Her iconic image is instantly recognisable from the Beresford portrait of her at twenty (at the top of this page) to the Beck and Macgregor portrait in her mother's dress in "Vogue" at forty-four ("see" image) or Man Ray's cover of "Time" magazine ("see" image) at 55. More postcards of Woolf are sold by the National Portrait Gallery, London than any other person. Her image is