Carlyle's House and Other Sketches

Name: Carlyle's House and Other Sketches
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Virginia Woolf
ISBN: 9781843910558

Virginia Woolf

01/07/2003
Hesperus Press Ltd

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Couverture de Carlyle's House and Other Sketches par Virginia Woolf

Résumé

Présentation de l'éditeur A newly discovered piece by the author of Mrs Dalloway, Carlyle's House and Other Sketches marks the first publication of one of Virginia Woolf's very early notebooks. Recently unearthed from a collection of private papers, it contains a series of seven striking sketches, each transcribed and edited by Dr David Bradshaw. From the cold formality of London town-houses with their rows of austere portraits, to the dull chaos of the academic's abode, and the eccentric spinster's Hampstead home, Virginia Woolf paints a series of portraits of everyday life, capturing character and setting in exquisite detail. Experimental in style, and heralding the later masterpieces Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, this early notebook is quintessential Woolf. Revue de presse 'Without her, our literature would have been poorer.' --Doris Lessing 'From the first sentence we hear the unmistakable Woolf voice.' --The Spectator Biographie de l'auteur Acclaimed for her innovative and inventive style, Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) is one of the most important figures of the Modernist Movement. Her works include To the Lighthouse, A Room of One's Own and Mrs Dalloway. Dr David Bradshaw is Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford. He has edited and introduced numerous works, and he provides a comprehensive introduction and notes for this first edition of Carlyle's House and Other Sketches.