Which English author drowned in 1941, after filling her pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse?
River Ouse, Sussex of the River Ouse system was as follows in 2016. The author Virginia Woolf drowned herself in the River Ouse on 28 March 1941, near the village of Rodmell. On 18 April, her body was recovered from the river. The Ouse Summer Raft Race is held annually, and organised by the Lewes & District Round Table. Competitors construct their own rafts and paddle down the river, from Lewes to Newhaven. At Lewes and Southease, the rafters are pelted by crowds on the bridge and riverbank with eggs, flour, seaweed, and water. River Ouse, Sussex The Ouse ( ) is a
Virginia Woolf the cool reception given to of her late friend Roger Fry all worsened her condition until she was unable to work. When Leonard enlisted in the Home Guard, Virginia disapproved. She held fast to her pacifism and criticized her husband for wearing what she considered to be the silly uniform of the Home Guard. After World War II began, Woolf's diary indicates that she was obsessed with death, which figured more and more as her mood darkened. On 28 March 1941, Woolf drowned herself by filling her overcoat pockets with stones and walking into the River Ouse near her home.