{"product_id":"essays-of-virginia-woolf-vol-4-1925-1928-paperback","title":"Essays of Virginia Woolf, Vol. 4, 1925-1928 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fourth volume of the first complete edition of Virginia Woolf's essays and reviews celebrates her maturing vitality and wonderfully reveals her prodigious reading, wit, and original intelligence. Written while she worked on \u003cem\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOrlando, \u003c\/em\u003e these pieces explore subjects ranging from the world's greatest books to obscure English lives. \u003cem\u003eThe Common Reader, First Series, \u003c\/em\u003ein which she influentially revives women's place in history, comprises a quarter of the volume. Contributions to American journals for the first time in her career outnumber those to the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement, \u003c\/em\u003eand so her pieces in the \u003cem\u003eNation \u0026amp; Athenaeum, \u003c\/em\u003eunder Leonard Woolf's literary editorship. The volume also includes her moving introduction to the Modern Library Edition of \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e, not previously published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fourth volume of the first complete edition of Virginia Woolf s essays and reviews celebrates her maturing vitality and wonderfully reveals her prodigious reading, wit, and original intelligence. Written while she worked on \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e, these pieces explore subjects ranging from the world s greatest books to obscure English lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Common Reader\u003c\/i\u003e, First Series, in which she influentially revives women s place in history, comprises a quarter of the volume. Also included are Woolf s contributions to American journals during these years, contributions that for the first time in her career outnumbered those to the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNation \u0026amp; Athenaeum, \u003c\/i\u003e under Leonard Woolf s literary editorship. The volume also provides her moving introduction to the Modern Library Edition of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway, \u003c\/i\u003enot previously published.\u003c\/p\u003eIn his superb notes, editor Andrew McNeillie adds variations in Woolf s essays as they appeared in different versions; for example, he includes lines in her essay on Joseph Addison that she later omitted: our range of delights persuade us that the whole business of life is better worth while. Virginia Woolf s creativity and industry in these three years bespeak astonishing gifts, remarkable robustness, and a passion for the whole business of life that inspires.Praise for previous volumes of \u003ci\u003eThe Essays of Virginia Woolf\u003c\/i\u003e Lovely. \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e Extravagantly demonstrates what we already suspected . . . that Woolf was easily the greatest literary journalist of her age. James Wood, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew McNeillie\u003c\/b\u003e edited Virginia Woolf s \u003ci\u003eThe Common Reader\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Second Common Reader \u003c\/i\u003eand assisted Anne Olivier Bell in editing \u003ci\u003eThe Diary of Virginia Woolf.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in England.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 688\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 21, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984019489069,"sku":"9780156035224","price":37.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/TXNTeW16bUJnRGlpTlpzdTdkcUw5QT09.webp?v=1776081424","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/essays-of-virginia-woolf-vol-4-1925-1928-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}