[Vwoolf] vermin

[Christine Froula]

And another famous contemporary writer whose name we all know once 
claimed Woolf called someone (I think it was Vita?) a "bitch." (I was 
able to explain that Woolf had used that word only in reference to 
female canines, as far as I could tell, and edit it out of her piece.)

On 7/14/2025 10:56 AM, Mark Hussey via Vwoolf wrote:
> With so many Woolfians in the UK recently for the Sussex conference, 
> some may have heard a programme on BBC Radio 4 ('Three Transformations 
> of Virginia Woolf'). In the 2nd episode, broadcast on Tuesday July 8, 
> Alison Light, speaking
> With so many Woolfians in the UK recently for the Sussex conference, 
> some may have heard a programme on BBC Radio 4 ('Three Transformations 
> of Virginia Woolf'). In the 2nd episode, broadcast on Tuesday July 8, 
> Alison Light, speaking about Woolf's relations with servants, said 
> that she uses the word 'vermin' in connection with servants. This is 
> no more true than Merve Emre's claim in her annotated /Mrs Dalloway 
> /that Woolf used the word "coolies" "liberally" in her diary (it's not 
> used there at all). 'Vermin' and 'verminous' appear in a number of 
> instances in Woolf's writing but not describing servants. Ever. This 
> is how rumors start!
>
> (My thanks to Marielle O'Neill for searching the online complete works 
> before I could get back to my CD-Rom, where I confirmed the above!)
>
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