If you're too familiar with Virginia Woolf's life and work, this book might not shed any new light except giving you a lavish amount of illustrations and photographs. In my view, this book is interesting if you want to know about Virginia Woolf's milieu or first encounter a biography of this influential writer. I favour Mary Ann Caws's insightful commentary rather than other short biographies with dull text. This thin book also evoked my interest in other members of Bloomsbury Circle, along with Angelica Bell, whose affair with David (Bunny) Garnett is weirdly fascinating. Mary Ann Caws also carefully selected some good excerpts from Woolf's diary. What this book lacks is an extensive insight into Woolf's writing and her journey as a writer, which I do think that you can find in many other publications as further reading.