Woolf had the opportunity to grow up in an intellectual environment and to be in the center of cultural and artistic life at that time thanks to her family. The most significant representative of English Modernism Virginia Woolf was born as Adeline Virginia Stephen on 25 January 1882, in London.

A woman making all those strange poetic attempts, woman brought-up in a family of ―big Victorian man‖ Leslie Stephen‖ (Hilský 155). 'Virginia Woolf was tiny, shy, timid lady suffering from depressions. Moreover, Woolf herself wrote: ―Every secret of a writer‘s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written in his works‖ (Spater&Parsons 83). Even though the writing does not depict objective reality, it reflects inner reality of author‘s mind (Kodrlová, Čermák 60). When we come closer, we discover that many of events and people from her life are reflected in her novels. If we want to understand deeper meaning and message of her books, it is interesting and relevant to explore the circumstances and thoughts that had led her to write what she did. Woolf‘s life, social and familial relationships and every single event in her life are very important when we are supposed to understand her writings. Therefore, it enables us to explore not only the world of the book we read but also we can peep inside the author‘s soul and his hidden wishes or grievances. Writer‘s own experience and mood are reflected in his writings. many famous writers are interested in human psychology, inner processes as well as in mysteries of human brain.

We can find many kinds of writing where the issue of mental disorder is reflected.

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