Question

This author asked readers to “give the writer the benefit of every doubt,” while “judg[ing] with the utmost severity.” This author described bursting into laughter at a fancy party upon wondering if Tennyson was “hummed at luncheon parties before the war” (20[1])in an essay (0[1])which recounts being escorted out of a library. This author of “How Should One Read a Book?” (20[1])wrote about being amazed by the sentence “Chloe liked (*) Olivia” (10[5])in an essay (10[1])that imagined (10[1])a Judith (10[3])Shakespeare. (10[9])This (10[1])author (10[1])used square brackets in the chapter (10[1])“Time Passes” (10[1])to (10[1])describe the deaths (10[1])of Andrew and Prue. This Bloomsbury Group author (10[1])argued that, to write, women need five hundred (10[1]0[1])pounds a year and a “Room of One’s Own.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author (0[1])of To The (10[1])Lighthouse. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Virginia Woolf [or Adeline Virginia Alexandra Stephen]
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