Between the Acts Virginia Woolf

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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY JACKIE KAY AND LISA JARDINE

A village pageant is to take place at Pointz Hall, the country home of the Oliver family for time beyond memory. The past blends with the present and art blends with life in a narrative full of invention, affection and lyricism.

Between the Acts Summary

Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY JACKIE KAY AND LISA JARDINE

A village pageant is to take place at Pointz Hall, the country home of the Oliver family for time beyond memory. Written and directed by the energetic Miss La Trobe, the pageant will take in the history of England from the Middle Ages. The past blends with the present and art blends with life in a narrative full of invention, affection and lyricism.

Between the Acts was Virginia Woolf's final novel, and this edition contains the original text that she was working on when she died.

Between the Acts Reviews

'Woolf was an innovator who redefined the novel and pointed the way towards its future possibilities.' Jeanette Winterson

'Virginia Woolf stands as the chief figure of modernism in England andmust be included with Joyce and Proust in the realisation ofexperimental achievements that have completely broken with tradition' New York Times

About Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882, the daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, first editor of The Dictionary of National Biography. From 1915, when she published her first novel, The Voyage Out, Virginia Woolf maintained an astonishing output of fiction, literary criticism, essays and biography. In 1912 she married Leonard Woolf, and in 1917 they founded The Hogarth Press. Virginia Woolf suffered a series of mental breakdowns throughout her life, and on 28 March 1941 she committed suicide.

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GOR001370973

ISBN 13

9780099982609

ISBN 10

0099982609

Title

Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf

Author

Virginia Woolf

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

19920116

Number of pages

176

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