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arch itecto ni c in the modern novel, it often does in ha lluci na ti ons as
we ll , and in thi s way, as in so many o thers, Woolf arri ved by a unique
ro ute, based on her own experi ence,
to
jo in in the art istic revo lu tion
ear lv in thi s century. Without g lamorizing her madness. we may say
tha t it was more va lua bl e an ed uca ti on than the one she so much
regre tted .
If
Woo lf 's li fe and wor k have relevance to many who are no t
mani c-depress ives, bo rn to culture, terrifi ed of life, it is beca use she was
no t as unique as she oft en thought and sometimes fea red she was,
beca use her fea rs speak to o ther people's fears, because her sense of li fe's
important po ints, its deli ghts and cri ses, corres ponds with theirs,
beca use she speaks fo r a cl ass and no t for herself a lone, and fin a ll y
beca use she success full y transfo rmed her life into a life of letters whi ch
an yone may rcad.
