Jacob's Room
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Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from childhood, through his experiences at Cambridge University to his early adult like in artistic London. Jacob consistently yearns for something greater and, in an attempt to resuscitate his love of the classics, he embarks on a coyage to the Mediterranean before war begins and his fate is forever altered.
Author: Virginia Woolf
Format: Paperback, 208 pages
Published: 1992, Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
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Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from childhood, through his experiences at Cambridge University to his early adult like in artistic London. Jacob consistently yearns for something greater and, in an attempt to resuscitate his love of the classics, he embarks on a coyage to the Mediterranean before war begins and his fate is forever altered.
Jacob's Room