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Jacob's Room (Vintage Classics) [Paperback]

Virginia Woolf (Author)
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Publication Date: 2 Dec 2004 | ISBN-10: 0099478269 | ISBN-13: 978-0099478263 | Edition: New Ed

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY LAWRENCE NORFOLK AND ELISABETH BRONFEN

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 is as inspired now as it was when it first appeared.

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: Vintage Classics; New Ed edition (2 Dec 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099478269
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099478263
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.1 x 19.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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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 )

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An experimental novel about a young man who yearns for something greater than his everyday life holds.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Woolf- ethereal and poetic, engaging and mysterious 28 Feb 2002
By nickmathison@hotmail.com
Format:Paperback
A typically wonderful read from the great Virginia Woolf. While Jacob is on the one hand the centre of this book, he is also the enigma which the reader never quite finds. We hear many others talking of Jacob, but we catch only fleeting glimpses of Jacob himself, making this book a strange, at times disorientating read. This however, is clearly Woolf's intention, as she plays with notions of character, authorial omniscience, and coherent plotting. A great example of classic modernist fiction from one of Britain's most celebrated authors. If you are prepared for a challenging read, then buy this book- but prepare for your expectations of what constitutes a novel to be put under the spotlight.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Experimental, but still very good 2 Oct 2011
By ArtsEater
Format:Paperback
I'm in a Woolf phase right now and came to this book after reading her later works: 'Mrs Dalloway', 'To the Lighthouse', 'Orlando' as well her non-fiction piece 'A Room of One's Own'. Although lacking the brilliance of these later works, 'Jacob's Room' is well worth a read if only to see Woolf starting out on the process of trying to dismantle the idea that novel = linear narrative, fully rounded characterisation, and an omniscient author.

I think 'Jacob's Room' is a very 'impressionistic' novel in that we get no concrete sense of who the main character, Jacob Flanders, is. As another reviewer has said, we only catch glimpses of him. There is no god-like omniscient author forever telling you what the character thinks or feels. (To me this reflects the increasingly godless modern world we live in.) Also, the dialogue in the novel is often disjointed and I think this reflects the atomised modern world we live in. I assume that by writing dialogue which lacks linearity and fluidity Woolf more truthfully reflects human to human interaction: it's often full of non-sequitors, fails to flow easily, is interrupted etc.

If you're prepared for a challenging read and want to see how Woolf got started on the process of challenging the then accepted norms of fiction wfiting - then buy this book.
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3.0 out of 5 stars just ok 12 May 2013
By Arls
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book in my honest opinion was just ok it was nothing special it i thought it would have been better.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
Subtle and delicate. A beautiful investigation of desire, memory, character and place. Modern in the best sense of the word.
Published 2 months ago by Hebjude
1.0 out of 5 stars Jacob's Room
Would have the potential to be great but no one sent it to me!!! Poor description of product meant I got a different version
Published 2 months ago by fredric the great ram
3.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful novel, but missing inset songs, poems and quotations
I absolutely love this novel, it's magical. Unfortunately the kindle edition being sold here is missing inset quotes/songs/poems from the characters so sometimes you might get... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. A. Allen
4.0 out of 5 stars "...the bees home thick with gold, drowsy, humming, suddenly vocal;.."
This excerpt from a letter sent by Woolf explaining something of her raison d'etre for writing Jacob's Room gives some context for the exceptionally fragmented and sometimes... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Eileen Shaw
3.0 out of 5 stars not my thing
not really a story to suit me but others may like, i did not like style and would not reccommend
Published 5 months ago by Trevtron
4.0 out of 5 stars My first Woolf
I am a newcomer to Woolfs writing. This book was enjoyable although you never get to know too much about Jacob. I am hoping to read 'to the lighthouse' next.
Published 6 months ago by Mr. J. Pryor
5.0 out of 5 stars Such a Classic
This is a book that can be read over and over again. May I make the suggestion that is should be read in a quiet location, somewhere without being disturbed. Read more
Published 9 months ago by JOESKY9
4.0 out of 5 stars Jacob's Room: Virginia Woolf
Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's third novel being published in 1922. The main protagonist of the book (Jacob Flanders) represents her brother Thoby Stephen who had died earlier in... Read more
Published 18 months ago by N. A. Spencer
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