Books by Virginia Woolf

Set in the years leading up to the First World War, this work is an elegy, not just for an individual character, but for a generation lost in and affected by the war.

A captivating fusion of elegy, autobiography, socio-political critique and visionary thrust, To the Lighthouse is the most accomplished of all Woolf's novels. This new edition includes a full contextualizing introduction and notes by David Bradshaw.

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY SUSAN HILL AND STEVEN CONNORThe Years follows the lives of the Pargiters, a large middle-class London family, from an uncertain spring in 1880 to a party on a summer evening in the 1930s.

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM AND CAROL ANN DUFFYIn this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening.

'Clear, bright, burnished ... the moods that it expresses are a true kind of poetry' The New York TimesTracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that expresses the inner life of its characters: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets, their awareness of unity and isolation, and their questioning of the meaning of life itself. Perhaps more than any of Woolf's novels, The Waves conveys the endless complexities of human experience.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Kate Flint

WITH AN INTRODUCTION, PLUS EXTENSIVE NOTES AND REFERENCES BY HERMIONE LEEThis volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century.

'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'. So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote her second series of essays. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius.

Discover Virginia Woolf's informative and erudite critical essays on some of the key novelists and dramatists of the canon - from the ancient Greeks to Jane Austen and beyond. Virginia Woolf read, and wrote, as an outsider, denied the educational privileges of her male contemporaries.

WITH INTROUCTIONS BY EAVAN BOLAND AND MAUD ELLMANThe serene and maternal Mrs Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr Ramsay, together with their children and assorted guests, are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable and moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life. One of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century, To the Lighthouse is often cited as Virginia Woolf's most popular novel.The Vintage Classics Virginia Woolf series has been curated by Jeanette Winterson, and the texts used are based on the original Hogarth Press editions published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf.

Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry, filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court. By the close, he will have transformed into a modern, thirty-six-year-old woman and three centuries will have passed.

A title that begins with six children playing in a garden by the sea and follows their lives as they grow up and experience friendship, love and grief at the death of their beloved friend Percival.

Tracing a day in the life of society hostess Clarissa Dalloway, Virginia Woolf triumphantly discovers her distinctive style as a novelist.

This is the story of a woman and her family experiencing the passage of time and seeking to recapture meaning from the flux of things. Though Mrs Ramsay's death is the event on which the novel turns, her presence pervades every page in a poetic evocation of loss and memory.

Virginia Woolf was a close friend of Roger Fry for many years - after his death she wrote this loving account of his passion for art, his own painting, and his challenging critical theories.

It is a fascinating and vivid introduction for readers new to Woolf, and a necessary companion for devotees. Includes 'A Haunted House', 'Kew Gardens', 'A Mark on the Wall' and 42 other pieces. Edited, with introductions and notes by Susan Dick. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN SIMPSON

Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing is to be found in this collection of five unpublished pieces. In 'Reminiscences' Virginia Woolf focuses on the death of her mother, 'the greatest disaster that could happen', and its effect on her father, the demanding patriarch who took a high toll of the women in his household.

'Her first full work of the charged Modernism that would come to define her' Paris ReviewJacob 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 in 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 in 1914, caught under the glare of a London streetlamp as Europe is on the brink of war. This tantalizing novel heralded Woolf's departure from the traditional methods of the novel, with its experimental play between time and reality, memory and desire.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Sue Roe

'Woolf's pivotal novel ... the writer feels her way into becoming the giantess she would be' Paris ReviewVirginia 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. Its protagonist, Katharine Hilbery, is beautiful and privileged but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William, and her dangerous attraction to the lower-class Ralph. As she tries to decide, the lives of two other women - women's rights activist Mary Datchet and Katharine's mother, struggling with the weight of history - impinge on hers with unexpected and intriguing consequences. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Julia Briggs

'A strange, tragic, inspired book ... It is absolutely unafraid' E. M. ForsterA party of English people are aboard the Euphrosyne, bound for South America. Among them is a young girl, Rachel Vinrace, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society, books, sex, love and marriage. She is a free spirit half-caught, momentarily and passionately, by Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer, but her greatest discovery will be her own self. Virginia Woolf's first novel, published in 1915, is a haunting exploration of a young woman's mind, signalling the beginning of her fascination with capturing the mysteries and complexities of the inner life.Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Jane Wheare

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY FRANCES SPALDING AND ERICA WAGNERA party of English people board the Euphrosyne bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, young, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society. Published in 1915, The Voyage Out was Virginia Woolf's first novel.

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY ANGELICA GARNETT AND JO SHAPCOTTIn Night and Day, Virginia Woolf portrays her elder sister Vanessa in the person of Katharine Hilbery - the gifted daughter of a distinguished literary family, trapped in an environment which will not allow her to express herself.

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY JACKIE KAY AND LISA JARDINEA 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.

”Mrs Dalloway sagde, hun selv ville købe blomsterne.” Med denne siden så berømmede sætning indledes romanen, der udspiller sig en enkelt sommerdag i London i juni 1923, hvor Clarissa Dalloway forbereder et aftenselskab. I løbet af dagen indtræffer flere hændelser som afstedkommer en række overvejelser og associationer til tidligere begivenheder. Hendes mand er til hendes fortrydelse inviteret til frokost uden hende hos Lady Bruton, hvis animerede frokoster berømmes i de højere kredse. Hendes tidligere ungdomskæreste Peter Welsh, der netop er hjemvendt fra Indien, kommer på besøg og vækker minder fra en fjern fortid samt spekulationer om det korrekte i det valg, hun foretog dengang mellem ham og sin nuværende mand. Hun erindrer også sin virile ungdomsveninde Sally Seton, hvor venskabet nærmede sig en form for forelskelse. Har hun valgt det rigtige liv, eller er hun visnet i en triviel borgerlig tilværelse? Hvad romanen ikke har i ydre drama, har den i indre rigdom.Mrs Dalloway er et hovedværk i det 20. århundredes litteratur. Den blev filmatiseret i 1996 med Vanessa Redgrave i titelrollen, og i 2002 blev den relaterede roman Timerne af Michael Cunningham om tre kvinder fra forskellige generationer, der er påvirket af Mrs Dalloway, filmatiseret med Nicole Kidman som Virginia Woolf.“Mrs Dalloway … indeholder nogle af de smukkeste, mest komplekse, skarpe og særegne sætninger, der nogensinde er skrevet på engelsk … Det er et af de mest bevægende, revolutionerende kunstværker fra det 20. århundrede.” – Michael Cunningham, forfatter til Timerne

The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the U.S. in 1920 by Doran. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway.

Virginia Woolfs essay Eget værelse blev til på baggrund af to forelæsninger i 1928 om kvinder og litteratur og om den kvindelige kunstners mulighed for at gøre sig gældende i en mandsverden. Det kræver, at "En kvinde må have penge og et værelse for sig selv, hvis hun skal skrive skønlitteratur." Bogen fik med sine tanker om kvinden som selvstændigt individ med økonomisk og arbejdsmæssig selvstændighed en banebrydende betydning for kvindefrigørelsen og er fortsat et centralt værk i feminismen og den feministiske litteraturkritik. Tankerne fremsættes med humor, vrede, ironi og skarpsindighed under vandringer med besigtigelse af natur og institutioner, besøg og middage, hvor en historisk gennemgang af kvindelige forfattere blandes med fiktive forestillinger. Eget værelse er et af Virginia Woolfs mest betydende værker, men også et af de lettest tilgængelige og mest populære."Måske endnu mere væsentlig i dag end den var i 1928. For den rummer den forståelse af begge køns dilemma, som vi må og skal frem til, om vi ikke skal stå i stampe i gensidig 'kønsracisme' og skældsordsudveksling." – Elsa Gress, forordet til Eget værelse"En feministisk klassiker." – John Chr. Jørgensen, Politiken"Jeg kan ikke ryste Virginia Woolfs dæmpede stemme af mig efter at have læst bogen Eget værelse. Hendes klare, dybtgående tankerække som hun fører læseren ind i, sikkert og vedkommende, sidder stadig i baghovedet. Det er lidt af en åbenbaring at åbne den bog og glide ind i hendes lange, gennemarbejdede sætninger." – Bente Clod"… det er et essay, der stadig kan kaste lys over både feminisme og feministfejder, med det suveræne overblik Virginia Woolf tillader sig at have." – Tine Byrckel, Information

Jacobs Room er lidt i familie med Marcel Proust's "På sporet af den tabte tid" dvs erindringer der kommer i en lind strøm samtidig med at tiden brydes op. Hovedpersonen Jacob Flanders som er en type der går op i en ting med en næsten overnaturlig entusiasme.

Mrs. Dalloway er vel nok den bedst kendte af Virginia Woolfs romaner og er speciel derved at handlingen udfoldes over få timer, og personernes indre bevidsthedsstrømme erstatter plot, dialog, karakterskildring og stedsbeskrivelse.