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Whether this marriage is to be admired as much as Vita, Harold and Nigel felt it should be admired is for the reader to judge. What makes it most extraordinary is the homosexuality of Vita and Harold and the fact that their once discreet open marriage is now in the public domain.
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- Nigel Nicolson MBE, Vita Sackville-West
In fact, Vita was never on intimate terms with her sons, and Nigel acknowledges that they were closer to Harold than to their mother. Virginia Woolf's friendship with Vita culminated in a literary masterpiece, Orlando , which revolves around Vita, Knole, and Harold.
Jan 1, 2001 · Harold & Vita’s marriage was a recipe for divorce - it involved two gay people marrying and having countless affairs. How did it survive? Nigel, their son tells us the story via Vita’s diary entries, her autobiography, letters exchanged between the couple and through his own observations.
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Vita's marriage is remarkable but it is Harold, not Vita, who deserves the medal for its lasting until death. Portrait of a Marriage: Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson by Nigel Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West [ISBN: 9780226583570] is well worth reading in this regard. Highly recommended.
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Mar 31, 2020 · The entire Sackville-West family embraced Virginia with warmth and appreciation. Nigel thought of her as “delicate, but in the cobweb sense, not the medical,” and Harold expected Virginia to open in Vita “a rich new vein of ore.”.
Jul 29, 2024 · Portrait of a Marriage, a BBC miniseries that aired in 1990, is an evocative and intricate exploration of love, identity, and societal constraints, based on the real-life relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel Trefusis. Adapted from Nigel Nicolson’s biography of his mother, Vita, this four-part series delves into the ...
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Vita Sackville-West, novelist, poet, and biographer, is best known as the friend of Virginia Woolf, who transformed her into an androgynous time-traveler in Orlando. The story of Sackville-West’s marriage to Harold Nicolson is one of intrigue and bewilderment.
