DC
began a long friendship with Virginia Woolf
when she was summoned to Woolf's country home, Asheham, after breaking into the house with Barbara Hiles
and David Garnett
.
Gerzina, Gretchen. Carrington: A Life of Dora Carrington, 1893-1932. John Murray, 1989.
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Friends, Associates
Dora Carrington
DC
formed a lively group (the Wild Group, as they were known at the Slade
) with women she remained in close contact with for many years, including Dorothy Brett
(later the Honourable), Barbara Hiles
DC
attended social events dressed in tight bodices and full skirts known as Augustus John clothes (after the models of the painter, who was a former Slade student, current darling of the London art world...
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Pat Barker
The story begins with the ambitions and emotional entanglements of a small group of Slade School of Art
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