More Dalloway: Hermione Lee

The name was familiar, so I read around some of Lee's writing about Woolf:

I read some of the Vintage edition of 'Virginia Woolf' by Lee, and what stood out was the way that Woolf was represented not as a passive victim (as seems to be all too common) but someone who worked hard to accomplish what she did. It was very readable, actually, and Lee makes good use of Woolf's letters and other writing to construct a pretty solid picture of the person behind the writing.

I think what stood out most was the beginning of the book - not with "VW was born on this day," but "My God, how does one wirte a Biography?"