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Written for Virginia Woolf's intimate friend, the charismatic, bisexual writers Vita Sackville-West, Orlando is a playful mock 'biography' of a chameleon-like historical figure who changes sex and identity at will. First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman, then gallops through the centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf's own time.

A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton CollegeCambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazingpolemic on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fateof Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of awoman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.

La serie de libros "7 mejores cuentos" presenta los grandes nombres de la literatura en lengua española.En este volumen traemos a Virginia Woolf, una autora, feminista, ensayista, editora y crítica inglesa, considerada como una de las principales modernistas del siglo XX.Este libro contiene los siguientes cuentos:- El vestido nuevo- Un resumen- El cuarteto de cuerdas- El foco- La casa encantada- La duquesa y el joyero- Lunes o martes

As Mrs Dalloway works on the preparations for a dinner party, her thoughts throughout the day wander from memories of the past to interrogations about the present and lead her to assess the choices she has made in life and love. Her monologue interweaves with the account of the distress, on that same day, of the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Warren Smith, whose trauma and hallucinations end in tragedy, as the links between the two characters unfold.

Este ebook presenta "Colección de Virginia Woolf" con un sumario dinámico y detallado.Contenido:Una casa encantada La Duquesa y el Joyero Lunes o martes El cuarteto de cuerdasEl focoVirginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) fue una novelista, ensayista, escritora de cartas, editora, feminista y escritora de cuentos britanica, considerada como una de las mas destacadas figuras del modernismo literario del siglo XX. Durante el periodo de entreguerras, Woolf fue una figura significativa en la sociedad literaria de Londres y un miembro del grupo de Bloomsbury. Sus obras mas famosas incluyen las novelas La señora Dalloway (1925), Al faro (1927), Orlando: una biografia (1928), Las olas (1931), y su largo ensayo Una habitacion propia (1929), con su famosa sentencia Una mujer debe tener dinero y una habitacion propia si va a escribir ficcion.

El cuarteto de cuerdasEl focoLa casa encantadaLa duquesa y el joyeroLunes o martesUn resumenUna casa encantadaVirginia Woolf, de nacimiento Adeline Virginia Stephen fue una novelista, ensayista, escritora de cartas, editora, feminista y cuentista britanica, considerada una de las mas destacadas figuras del modernismo literario del siglo XX.Durante el periodo de entreguerras, Woolf fue una figura significativa en la sociedad literaria de Londres y un miembro del grupo de Bloomsbury. Sus obras mas famosas incluyen las novelas La señora Dalloway (1925), Al faro (1927), Orlando: una biografia (1928), Las olas (1931), y su largo ensayo Una habitacion propia (1929), con su famosa sentencia "Una mujer debe tener dinero y una habitacion propia si va a escribir ficcion". Fue redescubierta durante la decada de 1970, gracias a este ensayo, uno de los textos mas citados del movimiento feminista, que expone las dificultades de las mujeres para consagrarse a la escritura en un mundo dominado por los hombres.

THE NOVELSThe Voyage Out (1915)Night and Day (1919)Jacobs Room (1922)Mrs. Dalloway (1925)To the Lighthouse (1927)The Waves (1931)The Years (1937)Between the Acts (1941)THE BIOGRAPHIESOrlando: a biography (1928)Flush: a biography (1933)Roger Fry: a biography (1940)THE STORIESTwo Stories (1917)Kew Gardens (1919)Monday or Tuesday (1921)A Haunted House, and other short stories (1944)Nurse Lugtons Golden Thimble (1966)Mrs Dalloways Party (1973)The Complete Shorter Fiction (1985)THE ESSAYSMr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924)The Common Reader I (1925)A Room of Ones Own (1929)On Being Ill (1930)The London Scene (1931)A Letter to a Young Poet (1932)The Common Reader II (1932)Walter Sickert: a conversation (1934)Three Guineas (1938)Reviewing (1939)The Death of the Moth, and other essays (1942)The Moment, and other essays (1947)The Captains Death Bed, and other essays (1950)Granite and Rainbow (1958)Books and Portraits (1978)Women And Writing (1979)383 Essays from newspapers and magazines (see update v.3.0)AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGA Writers Diary (1953)Moments of Being (1976)The Diary Vols. 15 (1977-84) (see updates v.4.0, v.5.0, and v.6.0)The Letters Vols. 16 (1975-80) (see update v.7.0, v.8.0, v.9.0, and v.10.0)The Letters of V.W. and Lytton Strachey (1956) (see update v.8.0)A Passionate Apprentice. The Early Journals 1887-1909 (1990) (see update v.10.0)THE PLAYFreshwater: A Comedy (both versions) (1976)

Virginia Woolfs Night and Day is populated by four major characters: Katharine Hilbery, Mary Datchet, Ralph Denham, and William Rodney. Through delineating their romantic adventures, the novel explores various issues related to love, marriage, self-discovery, self-assertion and happiness. Yet, like most of Woolfs works, it also examines feminist questions such as womens suffrage and the usefulness of marriage and work for women. Katherine is first engaged to William, an unsuccessful writer and a clumsy suitor. Being eventually jilted by her, he becomes interested in her cousin Cassandra who accepts his proposal. Meanwhile, Katherine agrees to marry Ralph Denham who has been haunting her since he first knew her. The fourth main character of the story, Mary, is a very idealistic young woman who works for an organization that defends womens right to vote. She plays the role of a confidante mainly for Ralph and Katherine who often come to tell her about their problems and misunderstandings. Although she falls in love with Ralph early in the novel, she rejects his proposal when she learns that he is more interested in Katherine. Mary is the only principal character who remains single till the end of the story.