Jacob's Room
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ISBN13: 9780451530059
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The publication of Jacob's Roomin 1922 marked a turning point in Virginia Woolf's career - and in the evolution of the English novel. Based on Woolf's brother Thoby, who died in 1906, Jacob's Roomfollows the life of a fatherless boy, Jacob Flanders, from his childhood until his tragic death during World War I. Poetic and nearly plotless, this groundbreaking novel focuses on a flow of random impressions through the minds of its characters. A crab in a tidal pool, an unsuccessful dinner at a professor's house, a conversation about Greece - all become crucial reflections of human experience, revealing larger landscapes of sensibilities, values, and passions.
So exquisitely crafted that the universal qualities of youth and the uniqueness of one young man become powerfully fused, it was Woolf's first stream-of-consciousness novel - nonlinear and experimental, with an ending that is among the most moving in all of English literature. It remains a pivotal work in the development of the novel form and a testament to Woolf's genius and literary daring.
| ISBN-13 | 9780451530059 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0451530055 |
| Weight | 0.25 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 4.18 x 0.60 x 6.81 In |
| List Price | $6.95 |
| Format | - |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 224 pages |
| Publisher | Signet |
| Published On | 2006-02-07 |
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