English writer Virginia Woolf committed suicide on 28 March 1941. She struggled with depression and was deeply affected by the Second World War.
‘I cannot go on’
Woolf left a touching note for her husband, saying ‘I owe all my happiness to you, but cannot go on and spoil your life’.
Read the full transcript of her letter, as printed in the Gloucestershire Echo:
Gloucestershire Echo – Saturday 19 April 1941
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2 comments On Virginia Woolf’s suicide note
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