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Lappin and Lapinova

Virginia Woolf

First published December 1965
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

"The story recounts the first few years of Rosalind's marriage to Ernest Thorburn, a relationship vitally sustained through their fantasy of themselves as Queen Lapinova (a hare) and King Lappin (a rabbit)." (Kathryn Simpson)

First published in Harper's Bazaar (UK) in April 1939. Written about 20 years earlier and then revised for publication.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
December 1965 Cover Stories Strange and Sinister Panther Anthology 64
1973 Cover A Haunted House Penguin Books Collection 74