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Re:Virginia Woolf kept her brother alive in letters by angel_j on Sunday July 19, 2020 @12:40PM (#23890498)
Lost to the article writer that Virginia may have done that to keep her friend alive, who had caught typhoid along with her brother.
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Re:Virginia Woolf kept her brother alive in letters by niklaslogren on Sunday July 19, 2020 @03:46PM (#23891924)
That possibility was actually mentioned in the article:

> She had to lie, Virginia implies, in order to shield Violet, who was recovering from her own illness.

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