With her siblings and friends, Virginia formed the Bloomsbury Group, dedicated to art, literature, politics and discussion. In her youth, she was restricted from the level of education her brothers received but she learned as best she could and was soon surrounded by a group of intellectuals from the Cambridge colleges her brothers attended. These events had a huge impact on Virginia's mental health and she was thereafter often treated for nervous breakdowns. Her mother died when Virginia was young, her brother also died tragically and her father died when she was 22. Her father was Sir Leslie Stephen, a renowned critic and her mother was Julia Stephen, a beautiful woman who often modeled for portraits. Virginia Stephen was born into a wealthy and well-connected London family.
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