ETITK: Virginia Woolf, George Eliot, TS Eliot, Willa Cather, Eudora Welty, Edith Wharton + Their Works

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Virginia Woolf

Born in London and lived from 1882 to 1941

Virginia Woolf

Married a man with the first name “Leonard” and had an older sister named Vanessa Bell that founded an philosophical/artistic club called “the Bloomsbury Group”

Virginia Woolf

Influential Figure of the Modernist movement that wrote essays and short fiction on woman’s rights, art, subjectivity, and loneliness

Virginia Woolf

Author of Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

Author of The Waves

Virginia Woolf

Author of Orlando: A Biography

George Eliot

Real name was Mary Ann Evans

George Eliot

Born in Warwickshire, England and lived from 1819 to 1880

George Eliot

Influential Victorian novelist notable for the realism, psychological insight, and depiction of the English countryside in her works

George Eliot

Author of Middlemarch

George Eliot

Author of Adam Bede

George Eliot

Author of The Mill On The Floss

George Eliot

Author of Silas Marner

TS Eliot

Born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1888 and died in 1965

TS Eliot

Nobel Prize Winner of LIterature in 1948

TS Eliot

Modernist poet, essayist, publisher, critic, playwright, and editor who wrote about time, death, rebirth, and love

TS Eliot

Author of The Waste Land

TS Eliot

Author of The Hollow Men

Willa Cather

Born in Virginia in 1873 and died in 1947

Willa Cather

Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923 for One of Ours

Willa Cather

Author of O Pioneers!

Willa Cather

Author of The Song of the Lark

Willa Cather

Author of My Ántonia

Eudora Welty

Born in Jackson, Mississippi in 1909 and died in 2001

Eudora Welty

Wrote short stories, novels and essays about family, land, love, and determination and racial relationships in the South

Eudora Welty

Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1971 for The Optimist’s Daughter

Eudora Welty

Author of A Curtain of Green

Eudora Welty

Author of “A Worn Path”

Eudora Welty

Author of The Robber Bridgeroom

Edith Wharton

Born in New York in 1862 and died in 1937 in France

Edith Wharton

Novelist, short story writer, and designer born into New York upper class that wrote about the Gilded Age

Edith Wharton

Became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize Winner for Fiction in 1921

Edith Wharton

Author of The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

Author of The House of Mirth

Virginia Woolf

Author of To The Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

Author of A Room of One’s Own

Edith Wharton

Author of Ethan Frome

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Novel set in post-World War I London focused on Clarissa as she prepares for a party she is hosting and WWI vet Septimus Warren as he awaits an psychiatrist appointment for his shell shock

To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Novel that explores the complexities of human relationships and the passage of time. It revolves around the Ramsay family (a painter, his wife, and their children) as they navigate their emotions and aspirations in the backdrop of a lighthouse.

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Essay that explores the importance of financial independence and personal space for women in order to pursue their creative endeavors.

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Modernist novel that explores the interconnected lives of six characters (Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis) through soliloquies and stream-of-consciousness narrative.

Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf

Novel that describes the adventures of a poet who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries, meeting the key figures of English literary history

Middlemarch by George Eliot

Novel that explores the lives and relationships of characters in a small English town, following the life of Dorothea Brooke, the career of Tertius Lydgate, the courtship of Mary Garth by Fred Vincy, and the disgrace of Nicholas Bulstrode

Adam Bede by George Eliot

Story of a carpenter and his love for Hetty Sorrel, who is seduced by Captain Arthur Donnithorne but is eventually convicted of child murder for abandoning her newborn

The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

Story of Maggie Tulliver, a young girl growing up in the rural English countryside, and her brother Tom

Silas Marner by George Eliot

Story of a reclusive weaver falsely accused of theft and becomes isolated from society. He finds solace, joy, and redemption when he adopts a young girl named Eppie.

The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

Poem that explores themes of disillusionment, despair, and the fragmented nature of the post-WWI society. It is divided into five sections.

“The Hollow Men” by T.S. Eliot

Poem that explores the spiritual emptiness and moral decay of modern society through a group of men who are trapped in a state of limbo, unable to find meaning or purpose in their lives

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather

Story of Alexandra Bergson, a strong woman who becomes a successful farmer in the harsh Nebraska prairie, and her brother Emil’s romance with the married Marie Shabata

The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

Thea Kronborg, a talented young singer from a small town in Colorado, strives to pursue a career as an opera singer

My Ántonia by Willa Cather

Jim Burden recalls his childhood memories of growing up in Nebraska and his relationship with a Bohemian immigrant girl.

“A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty

Short story about an elderly African-American woman named Phoenix Jackson who embarks on a journey through the Mississippi countryside to obtain medicine for her grandson while overcoming many struggles on the way

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

Newland Archer, a young lawyer, becomes engaged to May Welland but finds himself drawn to her unconventional cousin, Countess Ellen Olenska

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

Lily Bart, a beautiful and intelligent woman from a high society background, struggles to find a suitable husband and secure her social standing. Lily's pursuit of love and acceptance ultimately leads to her downfall.

Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

A poor farmer trapped in a loveless marriage,falls in love with his wife's cousin, Mattie.