Life is not a series of gig... by Virginia Woolf, a British Author

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“Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end.”

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Name: Virginia Woolf

Nationality: British

Date of Birth: Jan 25, 1882

Date of Death: Mar 28, 1941

Profession: Author

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