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Between the Acts
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Between the Acts Paperback - 1970

by Virginia Woolf


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In Woolf’s last novel, the action takes place on one summer’s day at a country house in the heart of England, where the villagers are presenting their annual pageant. A lyrical, moving valedictory.

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In Virginia Woolf's lyrical, inventive last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart of England on the eve of World War II.
"Love. Hate. Peace. Three emotions made the ply of human life." Between the Acts takes place on a June day in 1939 at Pointz Hall, the Oliver family's country house in the heart of England. In the garden, everyone from the village has gathered to present the annual pageant -- scenes from the history of England starting with the Middle Ages. As the story of England unfolds, the lives of the villagers also take shape.
The past blends with the present and art blends with life in a narrative full of invention, affection, and lyricism. Through her characters' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant's author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf's final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness. Even so, the coming of war looms over the whole community, heralding a new act.

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IT WAS A SUMMER'S NIGHT AND THEY WERE TALKING, in the big room with the windows open to the garden, about the cesspool.

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  • Title Between the Acts
  • Author Virginia Woolf
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Mariner Books Classics, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A.
  • Date 1970-10-21
  • ISBN 9780156118705 / 015611870X
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.97 x 5.33 x 0.54 in (20.24 x 13.54 x 1.37 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Demographic Orientation: Rural
    • Demographic Orientation: Small Town
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Psychological fiction, Pageants - Production and direction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 41051933
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

About the author

VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels.
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