Woolf

American  

[woolf] / wʊlf /

noun

1. Virginia Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf, 1882–1941, English novelist, essayist, and critic.

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Woolf British  

/ wʊlf /

noun

1. Leonard Sidney. 1880–1969, English publisher and political writer

2. his wife, Virginia . 1882–1941, English novelist and critic. Her novels, which include Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), The Waves (1931), and Between the Acts (1941), employ such techniques as the interior monologue and stream of consciousness

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Example Sentences

A sea view which inspired the writer Virginia Woolf will be obscured by the development of a block of flats.

From BBC

From Poldark to du Maurier's Rebecca and Woolf, we explore how the county's dramatic landscapes continue to inspire generations of writers.

From BBC

The first meeting between Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield did not go well.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lovers of Virginia Woolf's novels have expressed anger about a development which will block a sea view from her former holiday home.

From BBC

The psychological complexity she achieved paved the way for such future writers as Virginia Woolf, George Eliot and James Joyce.

From Los Angeles Times