This rich introduction to the art of Virginia Woolf contains the complete texts of five short stories and eight essays, together with substantial excerpts from the longer fiction and nonfiction. An ideal volume for those encountering Woolf for the first time as well as for those already devoted to her work. Edited and with a Preface by Mitchell A. Leaska. From Moments of being A sketch of the past Novels. From Mrs. Dalloway ; From To the lighthouse ; From Orlando ; From The waves Short stories. The legacy ; Lappin and Lapinova ; The Duchess and the jeweller ; The mark on the wall ; Kew Gardens From A room of one's own Essays. Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown ; Life itself ; Jane Austen ; How should one read a book? ; Street haunting ; A letter to a young poet ; Professions for women ; Modern fiction From The diary of Virginia Woolf From The letters of Virginia Woolf
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(Adeline) Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."
