Sutherland, John. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press.
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George Duckworth
Standard Name: Duckworth, George
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Virginia Woolf | The eldest of Julia's children from her first marriage, George Duckworth
(1868-1934), was ten when his mother married VW
's father. He grew into a conservative young man and a social climber. After Julia's death... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Augusta Ward | Many people of consequence attended these gatherings, including Alfred Lyttelton
, Sydney Buxton
, the Hon. William Peel
, George Duckworth
, Lord Brownlow
, Henry Wheatley
, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
and the Duke
and Duchess of Bedford
. |
| Textual Production | Virginia Woolf | Virginia Stephen
(later VW
) drafted in an early notebook a fragmentary novel satirising her half-brother George Duckworth
's attempts to woo an aristocratic bride. Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Chatto and Windus. 150 |
| Violence | Virginia Woolf | Virginia Stephen
endured the sexual aggression of her half-brother George Duckworth
. After returning from the fashionable balls and parties he escorted her to, he would pursue her into her bedroom and fondle her. Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. Chatto and Windus. 153-4 Woolf, Virginia. Moments of Being. Editor Schulkind, Jeanne, Chatto and Windus for Sussex University Press. 133 |
| Violence | Virginia Woolf | As Virginia Stephen
's father
was dying, Virginia's half-brother George Duckworth
fondled her several times in a manner that amounted to sexual assault. Bishop, Edward. A Virginia Woolf Chronology. Macmillan. 3 |
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