[Vwoolf] Woolf's naming of fictional characters

Mary Ellen Foley mefoleyuk at gmail.com
Mon Aug 25 21:15:08 EDT 2014


Found it!  Letter #442 (vol 1, p 361) 28 Aug 1908, to Clive Bell.  (But to
say that this means she found characters' names unimportant is ocerstating
the case.)

Thanks,

Mary Ellen

M.E.Foley
MEFoleyUK at gmail.com

On Monday, August 25, 2014, Mary Ellen Foley <mefoleyuk at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Here's a question for a Monday-holiday afternoon when the village fete was
> rained out so I didn't have to go (hurrah!):
>
> I ran across the assertion that Woolf said she didn't think the names of
> fictional characters mattered.  A bit of searching hasn't turned up such a
> statement.
>
> Can anyone point me to the passage?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mary Ellen
>
> M.E.Foley
> MEFoleyUK at gmail.com <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','MEFoleyUK at gmail.com');>
>
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