George Duckworth

Standard Name: Duckworth, George

Connections

Connections 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 .
Sutherland, John. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
188
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, 1996.
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, 1996.
153-4
Woolf, Virginia. Moments of Being. Schulkind, JeanneEditor , Chatto and Windus for Sussex University Press, 1976.
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, 1989.
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