Virginia Woolf
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English
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Mrs. Dalloway is the portrait of a single day in a woman's life. Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party preparation--fresh flower shopping, new dress buying, and festive room decorating. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, memories flood her mind, and she is awash in the sensations of faraway times. Clarissa blissfully relives her carefree youth and early loves, stoically witnesses the approach...
3) Jacob's Room
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Pub. Date
1922
Language
English
Description
Virginia Woolf's third novel, Jacob's Room (1922) differs from its two predecessors in its experimental, abstract approach to writing. Jacob Flanders' life is examined largely through the impressions and accounts of others in his life, mostly women, creating a portrait of a young man both representative of and victimized by Edwardian society. The novel coincided with Woolf's emerging interest in feminism and is critical of the righteous patriarchy...
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English
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An influential twentieth-century novel admired for its philosophical and psychological introspection The Ramsay family is on holiday on the Isle of Sky in Scotland. As the family and their guests decide on whether or not to visit a nearby lighthouse, Virginia Woolf spins a tale that focuses on the intricate web of family life and the conflict that occurs between genders.
6) The Years
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Pub. Date
[2005]
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English
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The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf, the last she published in her lifetime. It traces the history of the genteel Pargiter family from the 1880s to the "present day" of the mid-1930s. Although spanning fifty years, the novel is not epic in scope, focusing instead on the small private details of the characters' lives. Except for the first, each section takes place on a single day of its titular year, and each year is defined by a particular...
8) Al faro
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Español
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Al Faro (1927) narra los recuerdos y vivencias de una familia, los Ramsay, en la isla de Skye, en las Hébridas, dos días distantes en el tiempo. La preparación de una excursión familiar al faro de la isla en momentos y situaciones muy diferentes debido al transcurso de los años es el desencadenantede una reflexión introspectiva sobre la fugacidad de la vida, la huella de los recuerdos infantiles, el desencanto y otros sentimientos que generan...
9) Bà Dalloway
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Vietnamese
Description
Virginia Woolf viết Bà Dalloway trong lúc đang cố chống chọi với chứng bệnh thần kinh của chính mình. Và đây cũng là tác phẩm đầu tiên bà khai thác thủ pháp Dòng ý thức. Phần vì bút pháp mới thử nghiệm ở đây chưa tinh luyện và nhuần nhuyễn như ở Tới ngọn hải đăng, phần vì lượng nhân vật cũng quá nhiều (Ngoài khoảng mười mấy nhân vật chủ yếu có...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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Vietnamese
Description
"...Đến ngọn hải đăng là một bản phân tích đầy tham vọng, xuất sắc về tâm lý gia đình...Đến ngọn hải đăng không có sự hoàn hảo về hình thức, sự chặt chẽ, sự khắc họa nhân vật sống động mạnh mẽ như cuốn bà Dalloway. Nó có ít thất bại trong đó. Nó kém hơn cuốn bà Dalloway về mức độ mục tiêu mà nó sẽ đạt được, nhưng tốt hơn cuốn bà...
11) The voyage out
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Pub. Date
2000.
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English
Description
A voyage to South America undertaken by English tourists parallels with a young woman's painful journey from childish naivete to maturity.