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What is recorded here
This stone commemorative plaque records: Beneath this tree are buried the ashes of Virginia Woolf born January 25 1882 died March 28 1941. "Death is the enemy. Against you I will fling myself unvanquished and unyielding. O Death." The waves broke on the shore
Virginia Woolf was a prominent modernist writer and a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group, known for her innovative stream-of-consciousness technique and works such as "Mrs. Dalloway" and "To the Lighthouse," which explore complex narratives of gender, sexuality, and mental health.
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