Jacob's Room

By: Virginia Woolf, Stuart N. Clarke (Editor), David Bradshaw (Editor)

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Hardcover | 8 October 2020

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926 Pages

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Jacob''s Room, Virginia Woolf''s third novel, is short compared with its predecessor Night and Day. She said herself that she learnt what to leave out by putting it all in. Jacob''s Room may be read as the simple story of a young man''s life from childhood until his death in the First World War, but it is much more than that: it subtly indicts a society that instils obedience and celebrates militarism. Consequently, Jacob''s death seems random yet inevitable. Extensive explanatory notes clarify the myriad passing allusions, which should lead to a reassessment of Jacob''s Room as one of the great modernist masterpieces, taking its place with Ulysses and The Waste Land in the iconic year of 1922. The substantial introduction includes a detailed account of the novel''s composition, publication, and early critical reception, together with chronologies of composition and of Woolf''s life.

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