On this day in 1892 the English poet, novelist, and gardener Vita Sackville-West was born in Kent, England. Sackville-West had a decade-long affair with fellow writer Virginia Woolf. Woolf used her as the inspiration for the androgynous title character of her famous novel "Orlando: A Biography":. Sackville-West’s son Nigel once referred to the novel as “the longest and most charming love-letter in literature.”
TWA for Thursday, March 9, 2017
TWA for Thursday, March 9, 2017
TWA for Thursday, March 9, 2017
On this day in 1892 the English poet, novelist, and gardener Vita Sackville-West was born in Kent, England. Sackville-West had a decade-long affair with fellow writer Virginia Woolf. Woolf used her as the inspiration for the androgynous title character of her famous novel "Orlando: A Biography":. Sackville-West’s son Nigel once referred to the novel as “the longest and most charming love-letter in literature.”