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After they met in 1922, vita sackvillewest, a british novelist married to foreign diplomat harold nicolson, and virginia woolf began a passionate relationship. Virginia and vita first met at a dinner party hosted by virginia s brotherinlaw, clive bell, on december 14, 1922. The steamy love letters of virginia woolf and vita. Elizabeth debicki has replaced eva green in the role of revolutionary modernist writer virginia woolf in the upcoming biopic vita and virginia. After virginia woolf met fellow writer vita sackvillewest in the early 1920s, the two women began a romantic affair that lasted for a number of years. Sackvillewests most famous affair was with virginia. The film will follow the love affair between woolf and writer and socialite vita sackvillewest. Their revealing correspondence leaves no aspect of their lives untouched.
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