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Orlando
Virginia Woolf; Introduction by Winterson, Jeanette
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The beautiful Everyman gift edition in hardback. The Lord Orlando's
country seat has 365 rooms. An exquisitely beautiful youth, he is a
favourite of the ageing Queen Elizabeth and enjoys all that Court
and tavern have to offer. He falls passionately in love with the
intriguing Sasha, an androgynous Russian princess, who jilts him.
Stricken, he takes up Literature, penning huge quantities of poems
and plays, 'all romantic, and all long'. A few decades later a
still youthful Orlando is appointed ambassador to Constantinople by
Charles II. Here he wakes up one day and finds he has the body of a
woman. "Different sex, same person", she observes, unphased. In
London, it is the eighteenth century, and she can hobnob with "men
of genius" Pope and Swift, Johnson and Boswell. She has affairs
with both women and men, but before long it is the nineteenth
century, oppressively gloomy and moral and probably time to find a
husband. Fortunately, in a Brontësque moment on a moor, the
gender- nonconforming Marmaduke Bonthrop Shelmerdine, newly back
from Cape Horn, gallops past and scoops her up into bliss. Woolf's
most unusual and joyous novel was inspired by her affair with the
dashing author and aristocrat, Vita Sackville West.
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best-loved, essential classics. Clarissa Dalloway is a woman of
high-society - vivacious, hospitable and sociable on the surface,
yet underneath troubled and dissatisfied with her life in post-war
Britain. This disillusionment is an emotion that bubbles under the
surface of all of Woolf's characters in Mrs Dalloway. Centred
around one day in June where Clarissa is preparing for and holding
a party, her interior monologue mingles with those of the other
central characters in a stream of consciousness, entwining, yet
never actually overriding the pervading sense of isolation that
haunts each person. One of Virginia Woolf's most accomplished
novels, Mrs Dalloway is widely regarded as one of the most
revolutionary works of the 20th century in its style and the themes
that it tackles. The sense that Clarissa has married the wrong
person, her past love for another female friend and the death of an
intended party guest all serve to amplify this stultifying
existence.
Moments of Being contains Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical
writing: "By far the most important book about Virginia
Woolf...that has appeared since her death" [Angus Wilson, Observer
(London)]. Edited and with an Introduction by Jeanne Schulkind;
Index.
In the wake of World War I and the 1918 flu pandemic, Clarissa
Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and
remembering those she once loved. In another part of London,
Septimus Smith is suffering from shell shock and is on the brink of
madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the
party reaches its glittering climax. Over the course of a single
day, from first light to the dark of night, Woolf achieves an
uncanny simulacrum of consciousness, bringing past, present, and
future together, and recording, impression by impression, minute by
minute, the feel of life itself.
"The Waves" is often regarded as Virginia Woolf's masterpiece,
standing with those few works of twentieth-century literature that
have created unique forms of their own. In deeply poetic prose,
Woolf traces the lives of six children from infancy to death who
fleetingly unite around the unseen figure of a seventh child,
Percival. Allusive and mysterious, "The Waves" yields new treasures
upon each reading.
Annotated and with an introduction by Molly Hite
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics. There was a star riding through
clouds one night, and I said to the star, 'Consume me' Six friends
traverse the uneven road of life together in Virginia Woolf's most
unconventional classic. Bernard, Jinny, Louis, Neville, Rhoda and
Susan first meet as children by the sea, and their lives are
forever changed. A poetic novel written in a lyrical way only Woolf
could master, these narrators face both triumph and tragedy that
touches them all. Throughout their lives, they examine the
relationship between past and present, and the meaning of life
itself. A landmark of innovative fiction and the most experimental
of Virginia Woolf's novels, The Waves is still regarded as one of
the greatest works ever written in the English language.
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essential classics. 'Lock up your libraries if you like; but there
is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of
my mind...' Based on a lecture given at Cambridge and first
published in 1929, 'A Room of One's Own' interweaves Woolf's
personal experience as a female writer with themes ranging from
Austen and Bronte to Shakespeare's gifted (and imaginary) sister.
'Three Guineas', Woolf's most impassioned polemic, came almost a
decade later and broke new ground by challenging the very notions
of war and masculinity. This volume combines two inspirational,
witty and urbane essays from one of literature's pre-eminent
voices; collectively they constitute a brilliant and lucid attack
on sexual inequality.
With an introduction by Virginia Nicholson Saturday 2 February
1918. The first walk we've had for ever so long. Damp, mild
vaporous day. Funeral bells tolling as we went out, & marriage
as we came in. The streets lined with people waiting their meat.
Aeroplanes droning invisible. Our usual evening, alone happily,
knee deep in papers. This diary begins in January 1915. Virginia
Woolf was about to publish her first novel, The Voyage Out. By the
end of 1919 she had published many essays and reviews, as well as a
second novel, Night and Day. Her diary was the counterpoint to that
public writing: here she could record details of daily life, think
about friends and reading, writing and her state of mind. This
diary offers a unique insight into the life and mind of one of
Britain's most influential writers, and the circle she was part of
which came to be known as Bloomsbury. This new Granta edition
includes Woolf's 'Asheham Diary' for the first time.
Exam board: Edexcel, OCR, Cambridge Assessment International
Education Level & Subject: AS and A Level English Literature
First teaching: September 2015 First examination: June 2017, 2020
This edition of Mrs Dalloway provides depth and context for A Level
students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a
detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an
experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area. *
Affordable high quality complete text of Mrs Dalloway, ideal for AS
and A Level Literature * Perfectly pitched introductions provide
the depth and demand required by AS and A Level * Explore the
contemporary context, Virginia Woolf's writing, the novel's
critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper
reading of the text * Expand your further reading with a list of
key articles and critical and theoretical texts * Improve your
understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and
culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary
First delivered as a speech to schoolgirls in Kent in 1926, this
enchanting short essay by the towering Modernist writer Virginia
Woolf celebrates the importance of the written word. With a
measured but ardent tone, Woolf weaves together thought and quote,
verse and prose into a moving tract on the power literature can
have over its reader, in a way which still resounds with truth
today. 'I have sometimes dreamt, at least, that when the Day of
Judgement dawns and the great conquerors and lawyers and statesmen
come to receive their rewards - their crowns, their laurels, their
names carved indelibly upon imperishable marble - the Almighty will
turn to Peter and will say, not without a certain envy when he sees
us coming with our books under our arms, "Look, these need no
reward. We have nothing to give them here. They have loved
reading."'
With an introduction by Margo Jefferson Thursday 28 May 1931. On
Whit Monday the sun blazed, making the grass semi-transparent. And
space & leisure seemed to lie all about; & I said, not once
in an exstasy, but frequently & soberly, This is happiness. Why
should I feel now calmer, quieter than ever before? This volume of
Virginia Woolf's diary has a slower pace: she is finishing The
Waves and wrestling with the shape of her next novel (The Years).
These years are marred by the death of many of the people in her
circle, including her close friend Lytton Strachey. Woolf also
reflects on the political situation in Britain, and the menacing
rise of fascism abroad. The diary testifies to the sense of
external threat, as well as the tension between her social and her
writing life, but as she and Leonard embark on a series of foreign
trips she also revels in the discovery of new places and the
profound contentment of her marriage.
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best-loved, essential classics. Every summer, the Ramsays visit
their summer home on the beautiful Isle of Skye, surrounded by the
excitement and chatter of family and friends, mirroring Virginia
Woolf's own joyful holidays of her youth. But as time passes, and
in its wake the First World War, the transience of life becomes
ever more apparent through the vignette of the thoughts and
observations of the novel's disparate cast. A landmark of high
modernism and the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels,
To the Lighthouse explores themes of loss, class structure and the
question of perception, in a hauntingly beautiful memorial to the
lost but not forgotten. Chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100
best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.
Penned in 1925 during the aftermath of a nervous breakdown, On
Being Ill is a groundbreaking essay by the Modernist giant Virginia
Woolf that seeks to establish illness as a topic for discussion in
literature. Delving into considerations of the loneliness and
vulnerability experienced by those suffering from illness, as well
as aspects of privilege others might have, the essay resounds with
an honesty and clarity that still rings true today. 'Novels, one
would have thought, would have been devoted to influenza, epic
poems to typhoid, odes to pneumonia, lyrics to toothache. But no -
with a few exceptions... literature does its best to maintain that
its concern is with the mind; that the body is a sheet of plain
glass through which the soul looks straight and clear, and, save
for one or two passions such as desire and greed, is null, and
negligible and non-existent.'
'Nothing is any longer one thing.' From a teenage encounter with
Elizabeth I, through infatuations, voyages and even a change of
gender, Orlando lives out five centuries of life and love before
they finally find the courage to truly be themselves. Neil
Bartlett's sparkling adaptation of Virginia Woolf's famous fantasy
finds powerful contemporary relevance in her vision of equal rights
to love for bodies of every kind - and brings it to life on the
stage with a kaleidoscope of theatrical styles, overseen by the
haunting figure of Woolf herself. It premiered at the Garrick
Theatre in London's West End in November 2022, in a production
directed by Michael Grandage and starring Emma Corrin in the title
role. Written for a diverse ensemble of nine or more actors, this
adaptation will appeal to any theatre or company looking to
entertain their audiences with a bold new take on this iconic tale
of love and transformation.
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To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
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The Ramsays spend their summers on the Isle of Skye, where they
happily entertain friends and family and make idle plans to visit
the nearby lighthouse. Over the course of the book, the lighthouse
becomes a silent witness to the ebbs and flows, the births and
deaths, that punctuate the individual lives of the Ramsays. Â
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Orlando (Paperback)
Virginia Woolf
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'The flower bloomed and faded. The sun rose and
sank. The lover loved and went. And what the poets said in rhyme,
the young translated into practice.' Written for her lover Vita
Sackville-West, 'Orlando' is Woolf's playfully subversive take on a
biography, here tracing the fantastical life of Orlando. As the
novel spans centuries and continents, gender and identity, we
follow Orlando's adventures in love - from being a lord in the
Elizabethan court to a lady in 1920s London. First published in
1928, this tale of unrivalled imagination and wit quickly became
the most famous work of women's fiction. Sexuality, destiny,
independence and desire - all come to the fore in this highly
influential novel that heralded a new era in women's writing.
In October 1928 Virginia Woolf was asked to deliver speeches at
Newnham and Girton Colleges on the subject of 'Women and Fiction';
she spoke about her conviction that 'a woman must have money and a
room of her own if she is to write fiction'. The following year,
the two speeches were published as A Room of One's Own, and became
one of the foremost feminist texts. Knitted into a polished
argument are several threads of great importance - women and
learning, writing and poverty - which helped to establish much of
feminist thought on the importance of education and money for
women's independence. In the same breath, Woolf brushes aside
critics and sends out a call for solidarity and independence - a
call which sent ripples well into the next century.
Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break
with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and
a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify
existence. Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party.
Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior
monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually
reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life
is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to
those of Septimus Warren Smith, whose madness escalates as his life
draws toward inevitable suicide.
When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of
Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the
following day, little does she know that this trip will only be
completed ten years later by her husband, and that a gulf of war,
grief and loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character
tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of
time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be
a journey of self-discovery and fulfilment for them. Rich in
symbolism, daring in style, elegiac in tone and encapsulating
Virginia Woolf's ideas on life, art and human relationships, To the
Lighthouse is a landmark of twentieth-century literature and one of
the high points of early Modernism.
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