(The letters are favourites of Ellie’s, and perfect for those who would like a lighter read.)įavourite quotes: “I just miss you, in a quite simple desperate human way” (VSW) “I like making you jealous, my darling, (and shall continue to do so,) but it’s ridiculous that you should be” (VSW) “Yes yes yes I do like you, I am afraid to write the stronger word” (VW) “Dear me you know a lot: you have a rich dusky attic of a mind” (VW) “Everything which is mine is yours, as you very well know – even to my heart” (VSW) & “Oh my God – how I hate caring for people!” (VW). At once funny, insightful, emotional and deeply tender, these oft-quoted letters shed light on one of the most famous literary love affairs – and friendships – of the twentieth century. Love Letters: Vita and Virginia by Vita Sackville-West & Virginia Woolf īOTH CONSIDERED BISEXUAL SACKVILLE-WEST SELF-DESCRIBED AS A ‘SAPPHIST’.Ī new 2021 edition released by Vintage, this collection is a selection of the correspondence between the author and publisher Virginia Woolf and author, gardener and aristocrat Vita Sackville-West.
