New Releases by Virginia Woolf

The Waves, first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolf''s most experimental novel. It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book''s six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis. Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters'' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset.As the six characters or "voices" speak Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self and community. Each character is distinct, yet together they compose (as Ida Klitg�rd has put it) a gestalt about a silent central consciousness.

To the Lighthouse (5 May 1927) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. A landmark novel of high modernism, the text, centering on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920, skillfully manipulates temporality and psychological exploration. To the Lighthouse follows and extends the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, where the plot is secondary to philosophical introspection, and the prose can be winding and hard to follow. The novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls the power of childhood emotions and highlights the impermanence of adult relationships. One of the book''s several themes is the ubiquity of transience.

The annotated, authorized edition of Virginia Woolf''s celebrated Mrs. Dalloway, named one of Time''s 100 Best Novels, features commentary by Women''s Studies professor Bonnie Kime Scott. In this vivid portrait of a single day in a woman’s life, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of preparation for a party while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, she is flooded with remembrances of the past—the passionate loves of her carefree youth, her practical choice of husband, and the approach and retreat of war. And, met with the realities of the present, Clarissa reexamines the choices that brought her there, hesitantly looking ahead to the unfamiliar work of growing old. From the introspective Clarissa, to the lover who never fully recovered from her rejection, to a war-ravaged stranger in the park, the characters and scope of Mrs. Dalloway reshape our sense of ordinary life making it one of the most “moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century” (Michael Cunningham). This authorized edition from the Virginia Woolf library features: Biographical Preface Chronology Introduction to the text Extensive notes Suggestions for further reading This annotated edition is the perfect companion to more fully understand Mrs. Dalloway, its importance in twentieth century literature, and Virginia Woolf''s world.

This annotated edition of the landmark inquiry into the women''s role in society by one of the twentieth century''s greatest thinkers, Viriginia Woolf''s classic A Room of One''s Own features an introduction by English and Women''s Studies professor Susan Gubar, perfect for critical analysis in classrooms and beyond. “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” In A Room of One''s Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay, Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift for language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none.

Op een mooie zomerochtend gaat Clarissa Dalloway de deur uit om bloemen te kopen. Ze is bezig met de laatste voorbereidingen voor het feest dat ze die avond gaat geven. Terwijl ze door Londen loopt overdenkt ze haar leven. Ze herinnert zich de tijd dat ze even oud was als haar dochter, en haar relatie met Peter Walsh. Elders in London wordt Septimus Smith, zwaar getraumatiseerd teruggekeerd uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog, geplaagd door hallucinaties. Hun levens kruisen elkaar op verrassende wijze. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) werd bekend door modernistische meesterwerken als Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) en Orlando (1928). Haar thematiek en haar vloeiende stijl, die prachtig tot uiting komt in vele monologues intérieurs, zijn van blijvende invloed geweest op de wereldliteratuur. Boukje Verheij vertaalde eerder onder veel meer Kim van Rudyard Kipling, Schateiland van Robert Louis Stevenson en werken van Tom Holland.

Setenta y cinco años después de su primera publicación, Tres guineas, que puede leerse como una elaboración de los temas ya planteados en Un cuarto propio, es un texto que aun se disfruta con placer e interés, y no solo por la espléndida prosa de Virginia Woolf, sino también por su vigencia: si es verdad que hoy en día las mujeres en Occidente hablan y opinan, quien oye su voz sigue siendo un caballero que no ha aprendido a escuchar. «Me desagrada dejar sin contestación una carta tan notable como la suya, una carta que quizá sea única en la historia de la humana correspondencia, pues ¿cuándo se ha dado el caso, anteriormente, de que un hombre culto pregunte a una mujer cuál es la manera, en su opinión, de evitar la guerra?» Así empieza este espléndido ensayo de Virginia Woolf, planteado como repuesta a las preguntas de un caballero que pedía su opinión sobre las maneras de evitar la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Como era habitual en ella, la gran autora aprovecha esta ocasión para analizar en profundidad la discriminación de que era víctima la mujer y reivindicar el derecho a tener la misma educación y oportunidades profesionales que el hombre. Solo así se llegaría a la realidad de un mundo racional y pacífico, donde una dama podría contestar libremente a cualquier pregunta.

Purchase one of 1st World Library''s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm. If you persist, lawyers'' clerks will have to make flying leaps into the mud; young lady typists will have to fidget behind you. In the streets of London where beauty goes unregarded, eccentricity must pay the penalty, and it is better not to be very tall, to wear a long blue cloak, or to beat the air with your left hand. One afternoon in the beginning of October when the traffic was becoming brisk a tall man strode along the edge of the pavement with a lady on his arm. Angry glances struck upon their backs. The small, agitated figures - for in comparison with this couple most people looked small - decorated with fountain pens, and burdened with despatch-boxes, had appointments to keep, and drew a weekly salary, so that there was some reason for the unfriendly stare which was bestowed upon Mr. Ambrose''s height and upon Mrs. Ambrose''s cloak. But some enchantment had put both man and woman beyond the reach of malice and unpopularity. In his guess one might guess from the moving lips that it was thought; and in hers from the eyes fixed stonily straight in front of her at a level above the eyes of most that it was sorrow. It was only by scorning all she met that she kept herself from tears, and the friction of people brushing past her was evidently painful. After watching the traffic on the Embankment for a minute or two with a stoical gaze she twitched her husband''s sleeve, and they crossed between the swift discharge of motor cars. When they were safe on the further side, she gently withdrew her arm from his, allowing her mouth at the same time to relax, to tremble; then tears rolled down, and leaning her elbows on the balustrade, she shielded her face from the curious. Mr. Ambrose attempted consolation; he patted her shoulder; but she showed no signs of admitting him, and feeling it awkward to stand beside a grief that was greater than his, he crossed his arms behind him, and took a turn along the pavement.

Orlando ist jung, gut aussehend – und seine Schönheit soll niemals vergehen. Ein Wunsch, der ihm zum Schicksal wird: Er durchlebt beinahe vier Jahrhunderte und vier verschiedene Lebensentwürfe, ohne merklich zu altern. In diesem furiosen Roman, als Biographie getarnt, geben sich die literarischen Genres ein lustvolles Stelldichein. Sprachlicher Übermut und Stilsicherheit halten sich unübertroffen die Waage. Eine moderne Neuübersetzung, die erstmals den Ton des Originals trifft. Melanie Walz gelingt es, dieses Paradestück der Kunst Virginia Woolfs zu neuem Leben zu erwecken und ein unvergessliches Leseerlebnis zu schaffen.

Une nouvelle traduction française de 2023 de "Entre les actes" de la célèbre romancière anglaise Virginia Woolf, avec une introduction du traducteur. Adeline Virginia Woolf était une romancière et critique victorienne, largement considérée comme l''une des plus importantes romancières féministes de tous les temps. Ses techniques de flux de conscience et son style poétique comptent parmi les contributions les plus importantes à la fiction moderne. En raison de l''importance de Woolf en tant qu''innovatrice de la forme du roman moderne et commentatrice de la quasi-totalité de la littérature anglaise et européenne, sa vie a fait l''objet de nombreuses recherches. Woolf a écrit neuf romans majeurs ainsi que des essais sur la théorie de l''art, l''histoire littéraire, l''écriture des femmes et la politique du pouvoir. Les tentatives de Woolf pour capturer les moments fugaces de la vie à travers les modèles, les structures et les images de son écriture, probablement les plus influentes utilisées dans les monologues internes pour communiquer des couches de pensées, de sentiments et de perceptions. Pour la première fois, tous ses romans sont disponibles en français moderne. Le dernier roman de Virginia Woolf, "Between the Acts", est considéré comme l''une de ses œuvres les plus novatrices et est connu pour son approche expérimentale de la structure narrative. Situé dans l''Angleterre rurale de l''été 1939, le roman raconte l''histoire d''une petite communauté qui se prépare pour un spectacle local. Alors que les villageois mettent au point leur spectacle, la menace imminente de la guerre jette une ombre sur les événements. À travers les interactions des personnages et le récit du spectacle, Woolf explore les effets de l''histoire sur le présent et l''avenir. Au centre du roman se trouve le spectacle de l''histoire de l''Angleterre qui se joue. Il commence dans un passé lointain et culmine à l''heure actuelle, avec l''arrivée de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. À travers ce récit, Woolf réfléchit à l''héritage du passé et aux conséquences de la guerre. Elle examine les façons dont le passé affecte le présent, et les façons dont nos actions d''aujourd''hui auront un impact sur l''avenir. En présentant le récit de la reconstitution historique de manière fragmentée et décousue, Woolf transmet l''idée que l''histoire est un processus continu et que notre compréhension de celle-ci est incomplète.

The Waves, first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolf''s most experimental novel. The 21st Century author and critic Becky Nordensten has described The Waves as a "beautiful novel with language and imagery unmatched in 20th Century English literature." In 1996, Italian pianist Ludovico Einaudi released a solo piano album "Le Onde" based upon the novel.

Woolf''s first distinctly modernist novel follows an aloof yet beloved young man from his childhood through his student days to his too-early death during World War I. Annotated and with an introduction by Vara Neverow

The delicate artistry and lyrical prose of Virginia Woolf''s novels have established her as a writer of sensitivity and profound talent. This title collects selected works of Woolf, including: "To the Lighthouse," "Orlando," "The Waves," "Jacob''s Room," "A Room of One''s Own," "Three Guineas" and "Between the Acts."

A pioneering work of modernist fiction, using her unique stream-of-consciousness technique to explore the inner lives of her characters, Virginia Woolf''s To the Lighthouse is widely regarded as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the twentieth century. This Penguin Classics edition is edited by Stella McNichol, with an introduction and notes by Hermione Lee. To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny and bitterness. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever; but as the First World War looms, the integrity of family and society will be fatally challenged. With a psychologically introspective mode, the use of memory, reminiscence and shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major 20th century author and essayist, a key figure in literary history as a feminist and modernist, and the centre of ''The Bloomsbury Group'', an informal collective of artists and writers that exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, from Mrs Dalloway (1925) to the poetic and highly experimental novel The Waves (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism and biography, including the playfully subversive Orlando (1928) and A Room of One''s Own (1929) a passionate feminist essay. If you enjoyed To the Lighthouse, you might like James Joyce''s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, also available in Penguin Classics. ''Bears endless re-reading ... the sea encircles the story in a brilliant ebb and flow'' Rachel Billington

Heralded as Woolf''s greatest work of fiction, "Mrs. Dalloway" is not only a thorough rendering of a vivid human life, it is the outline on paper of human consciousness. In this vivid portrait of a single day in a woman''s life, Clarissa Dalloway readies her house for friends and neighbors as she is is flooded with remembrances of faraway times.

Clsico de la novela del siglo XX, Mrs. Dalloway, publicada en 1925, es una de las obras maestras de Virginia Woolf: en su delicada arquitectura narrativa, Clarissa, la mujer sin importancia, y Septimus, el loco desplazado, se encuentran sin tocarse. Una extraordinaria reflexin sobre el tiempo, la muerte y la condicin femenina llevada a cabo con la gracia satrica y el irnico lirismo de la autora de Las olas, Entre actos, Orlando y Tres guineas.

Mrs. Dalloway is the portrait of a single day in a woman''s life.

Contains forty-five selections of her short stories and sketches presented chronologically.

Written while Virginia Woolf worked on Orlando, To the Lighthouse and A Room of One''s Own, and including the complete text of The Common Reader, the essays in this volume explore subjects ranging from the world''s greatest books to obscure English lives, confirming Woolf''s faith in the value of writing and in the common reader she addresses.

Published years after her death, Moments of Being is Virginia Woolf''s only autobiographical writing, considered by many to be her most important book. A collection of five memoir pieces written for different audiences spanning almost four decades, Moments of Being reveals the remarkable unity of Virginia Woolf''s art, thought, and sensibility. "Reminiscences," written during her apprenticeship period, exposes the childhood shared by Woolf and her sister, Vanessa, while "A sketch of the Past" illuminates the relationship with her father, Leslie Stephens, who played a crucial role in her development as an individual a writer. Of the final three pieces, composed for the Memoir Club, which required absolute candor of its members, two show Woolf at the threshold of artistic maturity and one shows a confident writer poking fun at her own foibles.

An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, A Writer''s Diary was drawn by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years. Included are entries that refer to her own writing and those that are clearly writing exercises, accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work, and finally, comments on books she was reading. The first entry is dated 1918 and the last, three weeks before her death in 1941. Between these points of time unfolds the private world - the anguish, the triumph, the creative vision - of one of the great writers of our century.

"Witty, scornful, deeply serious...If you are a woman, or anti-war, or both, read it."--The New Yorker "How are we to prevent war?" Setting out to answer this question, Virginia Woolf argues that the inequalities between women and men must first be addressed. Framing her arguments in the form of a letter, Woolf ponders to whom--among the many who have requested it--she will donate a guinea. As she works out her reasons for which causes she will support, Woolf articulates a vision of peace and political culture as radical now as it was when first published on the eve of the Second World War. A founding text of cultural theory, Three Guineas can also help us understand the twenty-first-century realities of endless war justified by "unreal loyalties."

“I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.” Innovative and deeply poetic, The Waves is often regarded as Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece. It begins with six children—three boys and three girls—playing in a garden by the sea, and follows their lives as they grow up, experience friendship and love, and grapple with the death of their beloved friend Percival. Instead of describing their outward expressions of grief, Woolf draws her characters from the inside, revealing their inner lives: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, their awareness of unity and isolation.

A Room of One''s Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in September 1929. The work is based on two lectures Woolf delivered in October 1928 at Newnham College and Girton College, women''s constituent colleges at the University of Cambridge.