Virginia Woolf was an English writer and one of the most prominent modernists of the twentieth century. She was also an important figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels 'Mrs Dalloway', 'To the Lighthouse', 'Orlando', and the book-length essay 'A Room of One's Own'. Woolf's modernist style changed with each new novel and her influence extends into the contemporary literary scene.