We the undersigned three Apes and a Wombat
Congratulations from Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf’s family and friends had a long-standing habit of giving each other animal names—Virginia was often “Ape” or “Billy,” her sister Vanessa was “Dolphin” or “Marmot,” and even T.S. Eliot was affectionately dubbed “Old Toad.” Leo…
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