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Charleston

Name: Charleston
Author: Quentin Bell
ISBN: 9780156167734

by Quentin Bell, Angelica Garnett, Henrietta Garnett

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Overview

An illustrated guide to Charleston, the Sussex farmhouse where Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant provided a gathering place for the Bloomsbury group, which included such literary and artistic luminaries as E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf.

A tour of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant's hand-decorated farmhouse.

Synopsis

About the Author, Quentin Bell

QUENTIN BELL (1910-1996) was the son of Vanessa Bell, Virginia Woolf's elder sister. He was a painter, sculptor, potter, and teacher, and author, as well as a well-known biographer of his famous aunt.

ANGELICA GARNETT is the daughter of Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. She grew up at Charleston and in the south of France and later became an actress and artist, often collaborating with her parents.

HENRIETTA GARNETT is a respected author and the daughter of Angelica and David Garnett.