“A beautiful and deeply moving book.”—Sally Rooney, author of Normal People An engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in their lives and work. “I like this London life . . . the street-sauntering and square-haunting.”—Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925 In the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square—a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London—was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who “lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles,” the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries. In the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five remarkable women intertwined at this one address: modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women’s freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love, and—above all—work independently. With sparkling insight and a novelistic style, Francesca Wade sheds new light on a group of artists and thinkers whose pioneering work would enrich the possibilities of women’s lives for generations to come.

Square Haunting: Five Writers in London Between the Wars

Biographies & Memoirs

Wade, Francesca

Arts & Literature

Tim Duggan Books

A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE • “A beautiful and deeply moving book.”—Sally Rooney, author of Normal People\nAn engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London’s Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in their lives and work.\nNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY POPMATTERS\n“I like this London life . . . the street-sauntering and square-haunting.”—Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925\nIn the early twentieth century, Mecklenburgh Square—a hidden architectural gem in the heart of London—was a radical address. On the outskirts of Bloomsbury known for the eponymous group who “lived in squares, painted in circles, and loved in triangles,” the square was home to students, struggling artists, and revolutionaries.\nIn the pivotal era between the two world wars, the lives of five remarkable women intertwined at this one address: modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and author and publisher Virginia Woolf. In an era when women’s freedoms were fast expanding, they each sought a space where they could live, love, and—above all—work independently.\nWith sparkling insight and a novelistic style, Francesca Wade sheds new light on a group of artists and thinkers whose pioneering work would enrich the possibilities of women’s lives for generations to come.\nPraise for Square Haunting\n“A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women . . . moving and immersive.”—Edmund Gordon, author of The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography\n“Elegant, erudite, and absorbing, Square Haunting is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is an author to watch.”—Frances Wilson, author of Guilty Thing: A Life of Thomas De Quincey\n“Outstanding . . . I’ll be recommending this all year.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café\n“I much enjoyed Francesca Wade's book. It almost made me wish I belonged to the pioneering generation of women spoiling eggs on the gas ring and breaking taboos.”—Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite! A Life of Friedrich Nietzsche

Crown

Square Haunting

Faber&Faber

A SUNDAY TIMES LITERARY NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 
A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (AS CHOSEN BY AUTHORS) 
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE** 
**SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE**\n'Outstanding. I'll be recommending this all year.' SARAH BAKEWELL 
'A beautiful and deeply moving book.' SALLY ROONEY\n'I like this London life . . . the street-sauntering and square-haunting.' Virginia Woolf, diary, 1925\nMecklenburgh Square, on the radical fringes of interwar Bloomsbury, was home to activists, experimenters and revolutionaries; among them were the modernist poet H. D., detective novelist Dorothy L. Sayers, classicist Jane Harrison, economic historian Eileen Power, and writer and publisher Virginia Woolf. They each alighted there seeking a space where they could live, love and, above all, work independently.\nFrancesca Wade's spellbinding group biography explores how these trailblazing women pushed the boundaries of literature, scholarship, and social norms, forging careers that would have been impossible without these rooms of their own.\n'Elegant, erudite and absorbing, Square Haunting is a startlingly original debut, and Francesca Wade is a writer to watch.' FRANCES WILSON 
'A fascinating voyage through the lives of five remarkable women - moving and immersive.' EDMUND GORDON

Square Haunting: Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars

Humor & Entertainment

HighBridge Audio

Marley Freeman

Arts & Photography

Chaffee, Cathleen

Myles, Eileen

Nzinga Greaves, Adjua Gargi

Individual Artists

Karma Books, New York

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