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Discover Virginia Woolf's captivating social comedy, 'Night and Day', a significant contribution to the world of literature, now available in a brand new trade paperback edition. Published by Penguin UK in 1992, this remarkable 496-page book expertly blends the themes of love and personal freedom. Set against the backdrop of 20th-century London, it follows the complex life of Katharine Hilbery as she navigates societal expectations and her heart's choices. Should she choose the stable poet, William Rodney, or succumb to her passion for the alluring Ralph Denham? Alongside her journey, the lives of pivotal female characters, such as the dedicated activist Mary Datchet and Katharine's stoic mother, Margaret, intertwine, revealing the intricacies of women's rights and personal ambition. This Penguin Classics edition features insightful commentary from Julia Briggs, examining Woolf's exploration of identity and the nature of experience. Enhance your literary collection with this timeless novel that challenges the conventions of its time and resonates with readers today. Fast shipping is available for your convenience, ensuring you receive your copy swiftly. Don't miss the opportunity to dive into this profound narrative that remains relevant in contemporary discourse on feminism and modernist literature.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780140185683
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 1992
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 496
Description:
An immaculately-observed social comedy that explores the boundaries between personal freedom and the demands of love, the Penguin Classics edition of Virginia Woolf's Night and Day is edited with an introduction and notes by Julia Briggs.
Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged, but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William Rodney, and
her dangerous attraction to the passionate Ralph Denham. As she struggles to decide, the lives of two other women - women's rights activist Mary Datchet and Katharine's mother, Margaret, struggling to weave together the documents, events and memories of her own father's life into a biography - impinge on hers with unexpected and intriguing consequences. Virginia Woolf's delicate second novel is both a love story and a social comedy, yet it also subtly undermines these traditions, questioning a woman's role and the very nature of experience.
This edition of Night and Day includes a detailed introduction by Julia Briggs, which considers the key themes of the novel and its place in the tradition of social comedy, a map of central London of the period and notes.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major 20th century author, a great novelist and essayist, and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and modernist. and became the centre of 'The Bloomsbury Group'. This informal collective of artists and writers which included Lytton Strachey and Roger Fry, exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her fines
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780140185683
Format: Trade paperback (UK)
Year: 1992
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 496
Description:
An immaculately-observed social comedy that explores the boundaries between personal freedom and the demands of love, the Penguin Classics edition of Virginia Woolf's Night and Day is edited with an introduction and notes by Julia Briggs.
Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged, but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William Rodney, and
her dangerous attraction to the passionate Ralph Denham. As she struggles to decide, the lives of two other women - women's rights activist Mary Datchet and Katharine's mother, Margaret, struggling to weave together the documents, events and memories of her own father's life into a biography - impinge on hers with unexpected and intriguing consequences. Virginia Woolf's delicate second novel is both a love story and a social comedy, yet it also subtly undermines these traditions, questioning a woman's role and the very nature of experience.
This edition of Night and Day includes a detailed introduction by Julia Briggs, which considers the key themes of the novel and its place in the tradition of social comedy, a map of central London of the period and notes.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major 20th century author, a great novelist and essayist, and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and modernist. and became the centre of 'The Bloomsbury Group'. This informal collective of artists and writers which included Lytton Strachey and Roger Fry, exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her fines