Título: Virginia Woolf
Seção: 1895-1904
Background: Adeline Virginia Woolf (; nee Stephen; 25 January 1882 - 28 March 1941) was an English writer who is considered one of the most important modernist twentieth century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. Virginia Stephen was born into an affluent household in South Kensington, London. She was the seventh child in a blended family of eight. Her mother, Julia Stephen, celebrated as a Pre-Raphaelite artist's model, had three children from her first marriage, her father Leslie Stephen, a notable man of letters, had one previous daughter, and four children were born in her parents' second marriage, of whom the most well known was the modernist painter, Vanessa Stephen (later Vanessa Bell).

Conteúdo: Julia Stephen fell ill with influenza in February 1895, and never properly recovered, dying on 5 May, when Virginia was only 13. This was a pivotal moment in her life and the beginning of her struggles with mental illness. Essentially, her life had fallen apart. The Duckworths were travelling abroad at the time of their mother's death, and Stella returned immediately to take charge and assume her role. That summer, rather than return to the memories of St Ives, the Stephens went to Freshwater, Isle of Wight, where a number of their mother's family lived. It was there that Virginia had the first of her many nervous breakdowns, and Vanessa was forced to assume some of her mother's role in caring for Virginia's mental state. Stella became engaged to Jack Hills the following year and they were married on 10 April 1897, making Virginia even more dependent on her older sister.  George Duckworth also assumed some of their mother's role, taking upon himself the task of bringing them out into society. First Vanessa, then Virginia, in both cases an equal disaster, for it was not a rite of passage which resonated with either girl and attracted a scathing critique by Virgina regarding the conventional expectations of young upper class women "Society in those days was a perfectly competent, perfectly complacent, ruthless machine. A girl had no chance against its fangs. No other desires - say to paint, or to write - could be taken seriously". Rather her priorities were to escape from the V

user: what was the year 1895 significant for?

assistant: Julia Stephen fell ill with influenza in February 1895, and never properly recovered, dying on 5 May, when Virginia was only 13.

user: how did virginia cope up with losing her mother?

assistant: This was a pivotal moment in her life and the beginning of her struggles with mental illness.

user: how did she deal with her mental illness?

assistant: Essentially, her life had fallen apart.

user: how did she recover and when?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: what was significant about 1900?

assistant: Woolf described the period following the death of both her mother and Stella as "1897-1904 -- the seven unhappy years

user: how did stella die?

assistant: The death of Stella Duckworth, her pregnant surrogate mother, on 19 July 1897, after a long illness,

user: what other sad things happened during these unhappy years?

assistant: ". In April 1902 their father became ill, and although he underwent surgery later that year he never fully recovered,

user: did any more tragedies happen?

assistant: Virginia would describe this time as one in which she was dealt successive blows as a "broken chrysalis" with wings still creased.