After death, life: falling from the sky

Undefeated, indomitable, it’s against you O death that I set off “Virginia Woolf, Waves 1931. Virginia Woolf

Virginia’s body was found three weeks after March 28, 1941. Not far from where she had entered the water, her pockets full of large stones.

Her funeral was celebrated on April 21, 1941.

Leonard, her husband, fell in love soon after. He lived the rest of his life with his new partner, Trekkie Parsons.

He died on August 14, 1969 and has since rested in the gardens of Monk’s house, near Virginia.

Life is a dream, it is the awakening that kills us. Virginia Woolf, Orlando

Her sister Vanessa continued to live at Charleston Farm House with Duncan Grant and his fiancés. She died in 1961. Her shoe stayed in the air in Duncan Grant’s painting.

And Duncan continued to live on the farm. He died in 1978. A very old gentleman who had just celebrated his 93rd birthday.

A page had just been turned in the century.

Could we have treated Virginia’s depression?

Alix Strachey, who knew the Woolfs, thought that psychoanalysis was too risky. Her husband James Strachey would have liked her to try.

Thank you to the duo Natyotcassan, inspired by Virginia Woolf, who made us the pleasure of recording a special live for our listeners.

Speakers:

Allison Pritchard – Director of Operations at Monk’s House the Woolf House in Sussex

Stella Harrison – Psychologist

Nicolas Boileau – Author and lecturer

Nathalie Yot & Denis Cassan – Performances Woolfiennes

Voice:
With Elodie Huber as Virginia Woolf
and the voices of Emilie Blon-Metzinger and Sophie Barjac

Sound recording :
Allison Ascrizzi
Julien Doumenc
Bernard Lagnel
Laurent Macchietti
Christophe Papon

Mixing: Alain Joubert

Archives Ina : Gwen Michel

Program attaché and translations: Mélissa Foust

Production : Simonetta Greggio

Production : Julie Beressi

Bibliography:

Susan Sellers, Vanessa et Virginia, ed. Other

Vita Sackville-West, the Heir, ed. Other

Virginia Woolf, Full Journal, ed. Stock

Virginia Woolf, The Fascination of the Pond, Seaside resort, ebb, ebb, ed. Threshold

Emmanuelle Favier, Virginia, Albin Michel

Virginia Woolf, Writing, refuge against madness, Michèle editions

Virginia Woolf, London (Translation by Chloé Thomas and René de Ceccatty), ed. Shores

Thanks : Monk’s House, Natyotcassan

This episode concludes the Great Crossing of Appearances dedicated to Virginia Woolf, thank you for following us, we wish you a great Woolfien summer.

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