Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf - ISBN: 9781784877958
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A young man’s life, yearning for more, altered by war.

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    208 pages

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    10 January 2023

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Summary

An experimental novel about a young man who yearns for something greater than his everyday life holds.

Jacob’s Room is Virginia Woolf’s first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, tracing his life from childhood, to Cambridge University, and to his early adult life in artistic London. Jacob always yearns for something greater, and embarks on a voyage to the Mediterranean before the war begins and his fate is forever altered. Impressionistic in style, the narrative…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784877958
ISBN-10:1784877956
Author:Virginia Woolf
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Imprint:Vintage Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:208
Release Date:10 January 2023
Weight:173g
Dimensions:178mm x 130mm x 16mm
Series:Vintage Classics Woolf Series
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Critics Review

Jacob, of whom people speak, of whom they think, but who is never shown. And yet that denial of presence on the part of the author makes of him one of the most living presences in world literature. It’s a remarkable achievement.—New Statesman

Virginia Woolf stands as the chief figure of modernism in England and must be included with Joyce and Proust in the realisation of experimental achievements that have completely broken with tradition—New York Times

About The Author

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.

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