KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A University of Tennessee professor recently published three lost stories written by Virginia Woolf, according to the UT College of Arts and Science.
Humanities professor Urmila Seshagiri published “The Life of Violet: Three Early Stories” following a 2022 discovery she made while researching the author, the school said.
The book is a mock biography Woolf wrote for her friend Mary Violet Dickson in 1907. It tells the story of a “giantess” named Violet who rejected the social traditions of the time. The school said these stories were not just lighthearted tales she wrote for family and friends. They are her first fully realized literary experiment…