Virginia Woolf once said that the essay is simply to give pleasure, one with this collection of her work you can see she achieved her goal. Full of wit and passion on various topics this book is a must for anybody interested in understanding this great writer.
Virginia Woolf once said that the essay is simply to give pleasure, one with this collection of her work you can see she achieved her goal. Full of wi...
Virginia Woolf was one of the finest essayists of the twentieth century and here are collected some of her greatest works. Turning her witty and perceptive mind onto some of the finest minds of English literature.
Virginia Woolf was one of the finest essayists of the twentieth century and here are collected some of her greatest works. Turning her witty and perce...
Set in pre-war England, the novel begins in Jacob's childhood and follows him through college at Cambridge, and then into adulthood. The story is told mainly through the perspectives of the women in Jacob's life, including the repressed upper-middle-class Clara Durrant and the uninhibited young art student Florinda, with whom he has an affair. His time in London forms a large part of the story, though towards the end of the novel he travels to Italy, then Greece. Jacob eventually dies in the war and in lieu of a description of the death scene, Woolf describes the empty room that he leaves...
Set in pre-war England, the novel begins in Jacob's childhood and follows him through college at Cambridge, and then into adulthood. The story is told...
