Contents
Preface
Dramatis Personae
Ground Plans
A Vanished World
Clive Bell's Study
The Dining Room
The Kitchen
The Garden Room
Vanessa Bell’s Bedroom
The Studios
Clive Bell’s Bedroom
The Green Bathroom
The Library
Maynard Keynes’s Bedroom
Duncan Grant’s Bedroom
The Spare Bedroom
The Garden
Suggested Further Reading
Visitor Information
Index
Acknowledgements
Quentin Bell, the younger son of Clive and Vanessa Bell, grew up at
Charleston, giving him an intimate knowledge of the house and its
inhabitants. He was a painter, sculptor, potter and art critic, and
held chairs in Fine Art and the History of Art at the universities
of Leeds, Oxford and Sussex. He died in 1996.
Virginia Nicholson is the elder daughter of Quentin and Olivier
Bell. After studying at Cambridge University she worked as a
television researcher. She lives in Sussex near Charleston and is a
member of the Charleston Committee.
A glorious reminder of Charleston's enduring influence.The
Times
Angelica Garnett, daughter of Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell, called
Charleston 'an earthly paradise'. In this haunting book you can see
why. World of Interiors
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