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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.
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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.
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. Â Over the course of a
single day, Woolf achieves an uncanny simulacrum of consciousness,
bringing past, present, and future together, and recording, minute
by minute, the feel of life itself. Â Â
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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
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
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.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
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.'
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.
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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
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.
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of
best-loved, essential classics.
In the first volume of her critical essays, Virginia Woolf discusses the greatest authors of the literary canon – Jane Austen, George Eliot and Geoffrey Chaucer among others – with the everyday, ‘common reader’ in mind. With wit and insight, Woolf also revisits classic novels and examines scholarly subjects, from the Greek language to the Modern Essay, to the Brontë’s Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.
First published in 1925, The Common Reader is a stunning work from one of the most perceptive minds of the twentieth century, a collection which continues to nurture the joys of literature and reading to this day.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
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.
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To The Lighthouse (Paperback, New edition)
Virginia Woolf; Introduction by Nicola Bradbury; Notes by Nicola Bradbury; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of
Reading. This simple and haunting story captures the transcience of
life and its surrounding emotions. To the Lighthouse is the most
autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own
early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's
perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring
adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in
the period spanning the Great War.
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
Discover Virginia Woolf's landmark essay on women's struggle for
independence and creative opportunity A Room of One's Own is one of
Virginia Woolf's most influential works and widely recognized for
its extraordinary contribution to the women's movement. Based on a
lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, it is one of the great
feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and
Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of Shakespeare's gifted
(imaginary) sister, and the effects of poverty and sexual
constraint on female creativity. The work was ranked by The
Guardian newspaper as number 45 in the 100 World's Best Non-fiction
Books. Part of the bestselling Capstone series, this collectible,
hard-back edition of A Room of One's Own includes an insightful
introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve that explains the book's place
in modernist literature and why it still resonates with
contemporary readers. Born in 1882, Virginia Woolf was one of the
most forward-thinking English writers of her time. Author of the
classic novels Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927),
she was also a prolific writer of essays, diaries, letters and
biographies, and a member of the celebrated Bloomsbury Set of
intellectuals and artists. Discover why A Room of One's Own is
considered among the greatest and most influential works of female
empowerment and creativity Learn why Woolf's classic has stood the
test of time. Make this attractive, high-quality hardcover edition
a permanent addition to your library Enjoy an insightful
introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve, who connects the themes of
the text to the concerns of today's audience Capstone Classics
brings A Room of One's Own to a new generation of readers who can
discover how Woolf's book broke new artistic ground and advanced
the position of women writers and creatives around the world.
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."'
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Mrs Dalloway (Paperback, New edition)
Virginia Woolf; Introduction by Merry M. Pawlowski; Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and
Chair, Department of English, California State
University,Bakersfield. 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.
A Room of One's Own (1929) has become a classic feminist essay and
perhaps Virginia Woolf's best known work; The Voyage Out (1915) is
highly significant as her first novel. Both focus on the place of
women within the power structures of modern society. The essay lays
bare the woman artist's struggle for a voice, since throughout
history she has been denied the social and economic independence
assumed by men. Woolf's prescription is clear: if a woman is to
find creative expression equal to a man's, she must have an
independent income, and a room of her own. This is both an acute
analysis and a spirited rallying cry; it remains surprisingly
resonant and relevant in the 21st century. The novel explores these
issues more personally, through the character of Rachel Vinrace, a
young woman whose 'voyage out' to South America opens up powerful
encounters with her fellow-travellers, men and women. As she begins
to understand her place in the world, she finds the happiness of
love, but also sees its brute power. Woolf has a sharp eye for the
comedy of English manners in a foreign milieu; but the final
undertow of the novel is tragic as, in some of her finest writing,
she calls up the essential isolation of the human spirit.
'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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