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by Virginia Woolf; Sue Roe (Editor); Introduction by Sue Roe

Set in the halcyon days of pre-World War I innocence, Virginia Woolf's third novel follows the progress of a young man as he moves from adolescence to adulthood in a hazy rite of passage. Wandering through the windswept shores of Cornwall to the sun-scorched landscape of Greece, his character is revealed in a stream of loosely related incidents, thoughts, and impressions.


About this book

Jacob's Room is the third novel written by Virginia Woolf. It was published on 26 October 1922 by Hogarth Press.

The novel centers around the life of Jacob Flanders, but indirectly. More of a character study than a story, Jacob is viewed through the eyes of other characters.

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Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

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Jacob Flanders is a young man passing from adolescence to adulthood in a hazy rite of passage. From his boyhood on the windswept shores of Cornwall to his days as a student at Cambridge, his elusive, chameleon-like character is gradually revealed in a stream of loosely related incidents and impressions: whether through his mother's letters, his friend's conversations, or the thoughts of the women who adore him. Then we glimpse him as a young man, caught under the glare of a London streetlamp. It is 1914, he is twenty-six, and Europe is on the brink of war... This tantalizing novel heralded Woolf's bold departure from the traditional methods of the novel, with its experimental play between time and reality, memory and desire. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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  • Title Jacob's Room
  • Author Virginia Woolf; Sue Roe (Editor); Introduction by Sue Roe
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition International Ed
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin Group, NY
  • Date February 1, 1998
  • ISBN 9780140185706 / 0140185704
  • Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.06 x 0.64 in (19.61 x 12.85 x 1.63 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Reading level 1360
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Masculine
  • Library of Congress subjects England, Psychological fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 98188084
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is now recognized as a major twentieth-century author, a great novelist and essayist and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and a modernist. Her first novel, The Voyage Out, appeared in 1915, and she then worked through the transitional Night and Day (1919) to the highly experimental and impressionistic Jacob's Room (1922). Her major novels include Mrs Dalloway (1925), Orlando (1928), The Waves (1931), The Years (1937), and Between the Acts (1941).
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