Here, in her last book, is Virginia Woolf at her most tenuous,
elusive, unreal. The various terms which have been applied to her
art seem all to apply - "evocative", "fragile", "unsubstantial",
"eclectic". The scene and the compass of this book is a pageant in
a small English village, alternating with the actors of the local
pageant are the figures in a private pageant of spectators:- Giles,
stockbroker, at odds with his wife, Mrs. Manress, hearty, blowsy
woman of forty who assumes the role of child of nature; Giles'
father, withered, dry, his sister a vague old lady, etc. There is
no action, save in the pageant which is reproduced now in poetry,
now in prose. The quality of the book lies in its nuance, its
shadows, its reflections, its aestheticism. There is an ethereal,
haunting, beauty, strangely distant. Sharply limited market.
(Kirkus Reviews)
BETWEEN THE ACTS, one of Virginia Woolf's most lyrical works, was published shortly after her death in 1941. Its central focus is the performance of a village pageant, written and directed by the energetic Miss La Trobe, encompassing the whole history of England from the Middle Ages to the verge of war in the Summer of 1939. The comic events on stage, the reactions of the villagers in the audience,the blend of past and present are all presented with affection and insight affirming Virginia Woolf's belief in art as the unifying principle of life. This edition contains the original text which Virginia Woolf was working on when she died.
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