Once the toast of the Bloomsbury set and one of Britain’s most brilliant writers, her reputation has long been overshadowed by tales of her depression, nervous breakdown and eventual suicide.

But the real story of the young Virginia Woolf is set to be revitalised this year, as a new film aims to introduce her “playful, sexual” side to a new generation with the story of her unconventional love affair.

Vita and Virginia, a new film, will see Eva Green and Gemma Arterton star as Woolf and her lover, Vita Sackville-West.

Both, coincidentally, have played Bond Girls, with Arterton recently becoming one of Britain’s acclaimed young stage actresses after taking roles as Nell Gwynn and Joan of Arc.