The Wise Virgins: A Story Of Words, Opinions And A Few Emotions
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
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Published in 1914, The Wise Virgins: A Story of Words, Opinions and a Few Emotions is a sharp, semi-autobiographical novel of manners set against the backdrop of Edwardian England's rigid social stratosphere. Leonard Woolf chronicles the story of Harry Davis, a young, intellectually restless man caught between two worlds — the stifling suburban conventionality of his Jewish middle-class family and the rarefied, bohemian atmosphere of the Bloomsbury set. With a tone that is at once satirical and melancholic, the narrative illustrates the painful tensions of class, identity, and romantic aspiration as Harry pursues a free-spirited, artistic young woman who remains emotionally beyond his reach. Woolf presents an unflinching portrait of early twentieth-century English society, drawing on his own experiences as an outsider navigating the brilliant but exclusive world that would come to define literary modernism. Largely suppressed after its initial publication due to its thinly veiled depictions of real figures — including a character widely understood to represent Virginia Stephen, whom Woolf would later marry — the novel stands as a candid and psychologically astute work of early modernist fiction.
Author: Leonard Woolf
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, The Hogarth Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: No markings
Published in 1914, The Wise Virgins: A Story of Words, Opinions and a Few Emotions is a sharp, semi-autobiographical novel of manners set against the backdrop of Edwardian England's rigid social stratosphere. Leonard Woolf chronicles the story of Harry Davis, a young, intellectually restless man caught between two worlds — the stifling suburban conventionality of his Jewish middle-class family and the rarefied, bohemian atmosphere of the Bloomsbury set. With a tone that is at once satirical and melancholic, the narrative illustrates the painful tensions of class, identity, and romantic aspiration as Harry pursues a free-spirited, artistic young woman who remains emotionally beyond his reach. Woolf presents an unflinching portrait of early twentieth-century English society, drawing on his own experiences as an outsider navigating the brilliant but exclusive world that would come to define literary modernism. Largely suppressed after its initial publication due to its thinly veiled depictions of real figures — including a character widely understood to represent Virginia Stephen, whom Woolf would later marry — the novel stands as a candid and psychologically astute work of early modernist fiction.