"In the aftermath of World War I, Clarissa Dalloway is an upper-class politician's wife, who longs for the carefree, impassioned days of her youth. Her marriage to a sensible man gives her many opportunities to socialize and progress in society, but this practicality also prevented her from following other romantic and personal passions. These old regrets come to new light as Clarissa is reintroduced to Peter Walsh, a man she loved-and who had proposed...

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...

Orlando doubles as first an Elizabethan nobleman and then as a Victorian heroine who undergoes all the transitions of history in this novel that examines sex roles and social mores.

In Virginia Woolf's lyrical, inventive last novel, the action takes place on one summer's day at a country house in the heart of England on the eve of World War II. "Love. Hate. Peace. Three emotions made the ply of human life." Between the Acts takes place on a June day in 1939 at Pointz Hall, the Oliver family's country house in the heart of England. In the garden, everyone from the village has gathered to present the annual pageant ??-?? scenes...

Basada en la propia infanica de la autora, narra la historia de la familia Ramsey en la isla escocesa de Skye, en el periodo de entreguerras. El rumor del mar, la presencia insomne del faro, la guerra, la muerte, el erotismo o el paso del tiempo se mezclan formando un oleaje de símbolos, palabras e imágenes.

Contains six of eight stories from "Monday or Tuesday", seven that have appeared in magazines either in England or America, and five other stories.