Jacob's Room (Harvest/HBJ Book) - Softcover

Woolf, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156457423 ISBN 13: 9780156457422

Publisher: Mariner Books, 1950

Synopsis

With its publication in 1922, Virginia Woolf revolutionized the modern novel with Jacob's Room. Based on the life of her own brother, this unforgettable book chronicles the life and times of Jacob Flanders, from childhood to his death in World War I. An untraditional tale focusing on a flow of random impressions through the minds of its characters, Jacob's Room remains an important work in the development of the novel form-and a shining example of Woolf's genius and literary daring.

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From the Publisher:

With introductions by Lawrence Norfolk and Elisabeth Bronfen

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 1950
• ISBN 10: 0156457423
• ISBN 13: 9780156457422
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176