The Recorded Voice Of Virginia Woolf

This is the only surviving recording of Virginia Woolf’s voice. It is part of a BBC radio broadcast from April 29th, 1937. The talk was called “Craftsmanship“ and was part of a series entitled “Words Fail Me“. The audio is accompanied by a slideshow of photographs of Virginia Woolf. The text was published as an essay in “The Death of the Moth and Other Essays“ (1942), and I’ve transcribed the recorded portion here: