Virginia Woolf was an English writer and novelist and a pioneer of modernism in English literature. Among her most famous work are novels. She was an important figure in the Victorian literary society and is seen as one of the greatest modernist literary personality of the twentieth century. She became the innovator of the English literature thanks to the 'stream of consciousness'. Her works allow to go deeper into the psychology of a character and its real thinking. The author turned into a victim to a severe depression cluttering her life and mental stability and eventually leading her to commit suicide in 1941.

Childhood & Early Years
Virginia Woolf, originally Adeline Virginia Stephen, was born on 25 January 1882 to her father Sir Leslie Stephen, a renowned author and mother Julia Prinsep Stephen. Julia Stephen was born in India who later moved to England. Her own father was a noble writer, editor and critic. Thus Virginia was raised in an environment influenced with Victorian literary society. Virginia did not have a very happy childhood. Her mother passed away in 1895 followed by her sister who died two years later and 1904 her father died too. She lost her mental stability and suffered from her first nervous breakdown during this period.

Later Life & Notable Works
Following the death of her parents, Virginia sold their house in Hyde Park and moved to Bloomsbury. Her first educational institute was King's College, London where she came into contact with the intellectual group of the literary society. Leonard Woolf, also a member of the group was a Jew writer who met and married her in 1912. Their marriage had a profound impact on her as she termed it the 'most beautiful thing in her life'.
In 1917, they two founded the Hogarth Press and wrote few books in collaboration. Her most popular works during this period include Night and Day (1919), a short story collection Monday or Tuesday (1921) and essays in The Common Reader (1925). Jacob's Room (1922) and Mrs. Dalloway (1925) which was adapted into the film The Hours in 2002, To The Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando: A Biography (1928).

Death
The outbreak of World War II and the destruction on her house, had as a consequence to increase her illness. On 28 March 1941, Woolf committed suicide by drowning herself into the River Ouse, filling her coat's pockets with stones