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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.

La novela más popular y escandalosa de Virginia Woolf.«Virginia Woolf es dios, nadie ha escrito mejor.»Milena Busquets80 ANIVERSARIO DE VIRGINIA WOOLFDesde que se publicó en 1928, Orlando ha sido una

The Waves, first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolfs most experimental novel. It consists of soliloquies spoken by the books 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 Klitgrd has put it) a gestalt about a silent central consciousness.

'I lay in the garden and red the Browning love letters, and the figure of their dog made me laugh so I couldn't resist making him a Life.' Throughout her career, Woolf invokes the animal world both directly and metaphorically. She started to write a biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel after finishing The Waves, tracing the life of the spaniel from his country origins, his puppyhood spent with the writer Mary Mitford, through his sheltered existence with Elizabeth Barrett in her sick room, and later travels in Florence. But Flush is much more than a playful writer's holiday. As well as offering an exploration of a life of the senses free from the tyranny of words, Flush can be read as an allegorical testimony to the inscrutable, discarded, unrepresentable lives of the Victorian women poets, who were barely discussed or read in the 1930s. From a quite literally low point of view, Woolf explores class and gender in Victorian London, with gently mocking humour. Charming yet also radical, Flush is a work of sensuous imagination, an apparently light text that opens up a range of questions concerning difference which are woven through the whole of Woolf's writing. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Originally hand-printed at her Hogarth Press in Richmond, Monday or Tuesday is the only collection of short stories that Virginia Woolf published during her lifetime, providing a fascinating insight into the early stages of development of themes that would blossom in her later masterpieces.From the impressionist description of four groups of people walking by a flowerbed in the botanic gardens at Kew to the soaring flight of a heron above the teeming life of towns and cities below and the reveries of a woman as she looks at a mark on the wall, the eight pieces included in this volume showcase Woolfs inimitable observational powers and her boldly modern style of writing.________''She was doing with language something like what Jimi Hendrix does with a guitar.'' Michael Cunningham

In "The Common Reader, First Series," Virginia Woolf presents a compelling collection of literary essays that deftly navigate the terrain between critic and reader. Through a distinctive blend of personal reflection and analytical insight, Woolf explores the works of esteemed authors such as George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, and Joseph Conrad, advocating for an intimate and subjective engagement with literature. Her prose is characterized by its lyrical quality and philosophical depth, aligning with the Modernist literary movement of the early 20th century, emphasizing the significance of personal experience in the interpretation of texts. Virginia Woolf, a central figure in Modernist literature, draws from her own experiences as a writer and a member of the Bloomsbury Group to craft her essays. Her engagement with feminist themes and her innovative narrative techniques are echoed in her critical approach, encouraging readers to consider the social and cultural contexts that influence literary appreciation. WoolfAos acute awareness of the evolving landscape of literature during her time serves as the foundation for her passionate assertions regarding the role of the reader. "The Common Reader, First Series" is highly recommended for anyone interested in deepening their understanding of literature through a personal lens. WoolfAos profound insights not only illuminate the texts she discusses but also invite readers to cultivate their own interpretations, making this work an essential read for literary scholars and casual readers alike.

TRADUCCIÓN REVISADAAl compás del batir de las olas en la playa, seis voces, en monólogo interior, a veces discrepantes y aislados, otras veces en coloquio casi concordante, formulan seis vidas múltiples y dispares, desde su infancia hasta los ultimos años. Dialogos, emociones, pensamientos, sensaciones, todo fluye en un solo tapiz de delicado y minucioso trazo que evoca, como indica el titulo, el flujo y reflujo constante y eterno, pero siempre mudable, del mar. Novela revolucionaria y de original belleza, desde su publicacion en 1932, Las olas ha sido considerada una de las obras capitales del siglo XX, tanto por la original delicadeza de su prosa como por la perfeccion de su revolucionaria tecnica, y, con el paso de los años, su influencia sobre la literatura no ha hecho sino acrecentarse. Es, ademas, la obra por excelencia de Virginia Woolf, gracias a la cual la autora ha quedado, sin duda, como una de las creadoras mas vigentes de su tiempo y como lectura de hoy indispensable. Virginia Wolf es una de las grandes autoras de la literatura universal, una lectura recomendada.

Esta novela es un capítulo imprescindible en la historia de la novelística contemporánea, el punto más alto de la stream of consciousness woolfiana, donde se hacen patentes las proximidades y diferencias respecto de Faulkner y Joyce. La mas celebre traduccion, ademas, de Carmen Martin Gaite.Durante una excursion a un faro, los miembros de la familia Ramsay se muestran al lector en toda su complejidad y se presentan enredados en una trama de sentimientos cruzados y contradictorios en la que la figura paterna ocupa un lugar central pero problematico (objeto especialmente del rencor del hijo).

Gita al faro e un romanzo della scrittrice britannica Virginia Woolf, pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1927. Il romanzo segue e amplia la tradizione del romanzo modernista, in cui la trama ha unimportanza secondaria rispetto allintrospezione psicologica dei personaggi. La famiglia Ramsay e in villeggiatura, con alcuni ospiti, in una delle isole Ebridi. Una sera del 1914, tutti insieme progettano una gita al faro, che agli occhi di James, il piu piccolo dei figli, si presenta come una meta da sogno, ricca di misteriosi significati. Ma la gita viene rimandata per il maltempo. Passano gli anni e la guerra tiene la famiglia lontana dallisola e la loro vecchia casa va in rovina. Dopo dieci anni i Ramsay superstiti e alcuni degli ospiti di un tempo tornano sullisola. Il padre e due figli fanno finalmente la gita al faro: intanto una degli ospiti, la pittrice Lily Briscoe, finisce di dipingere un quadro cominciato dieci anni prima. Nei due momenti si riallacciano simbolicamente passato e presente e i personaggi ed i rapporti che li legano si collocano in una luce rivelatrice del loro piu autentico significato.Traduzione di Giulia Celenza (1882-1933).

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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.

Virginia Woolf y Lytton Strachey fueron dos de los miembros más destacados del denominado Grupo de Bloomsbury, una generación que dominó la literatura, el pensamiento y las artes en Gran Bretaña durante la primera mitad del siglo xx. Esta correspondencia, compilada por Leonard Woolf esposo de Virginia y James Strachey hermano de Lytton y traductor de Freud al inglés, despertó una enorme curiosidad desde su primera publicación, allá por 1956. Son cartas que, aparte de ofrecernos una visión de primera mano de coetáneos como Bertrand Russell, John Maynard Keynes, Edward Morgan Foster o Dora Carrington, reflejan las opiniones literarias de Woolf y Strachey, opiniones que luego desarrollarían y ampliarían en las páginas del Times Literary Supplement.