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Jacobs Room (Thorndike Classics)
  

Jacobs Room (Thorndike Classics) [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Virginia Woolf (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 245 pages
  • Publisher: Thorndike Press; Largeprint edition (Feb 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0783893809
  • ISBN-13: 978-0783893808
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 16.1 x 2.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,369,267 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from the time he is a small boy playing on the beach, through his years in Cambridge, then in artistic London, and finally making a trip to Greece, but this is no orthodox Bildungsroman. Jacob is presented in glimpses, in fragments, as Woolf breaks down traditional ways of representing character and experience. The novel's composition coincided with the consolidation of Woolf's interest in feminism, and she criticizes the privilege thoughtless smugness of patriarchy, `the other side', `the men in clubs and Cabinets'. Her stylistic innovations are conscious attempts to realize and develop women's writing and the novel dramatizes her interest in the ways both language and social environments shape differently the lives of men and women. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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With introductions by Lawrence Norfolk and Elisabeth Bronfen --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Woolf- ethereal and poetic, engaging and mysterious, 28 Feb 2002
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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