The Essays, Vol. 3: 1919-1924

The Essays #3

by Virginia Woolf, Andrew McNeillie (Editor)

During the period in which these essays were written, Woolf published Night and Day and Jacob's Room, contributed widely to British and American periodicals, and progressed from straight reviewing to more extended critical essays. "Excellently edited, the essays reconfirm [Woolf's] major importance as a twentieth-century writer" (Library Journal). Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index.

Genres: Essays, Nonfiction, Literature, English Literature

584 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1966

About the author

(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."

Reviews

[Emily Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

i actually prefer Woolf's nonfiction to her fiction. A talented woman who let the words flow from her as if she were writing in a sophisticated diary and we get to take a peak! Many of the essays are short, which makes it an easy book to pick up and put down and then pick up again later. I recommend this collection to anyone interested in the development of women's writing in history, but really to anyone who is interested in trying out a refreshing classic author.

[Lorraine · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found some of the essays a bit short. Prefer her long ones. Also there is a great preoccupation with 'realism' -- that the Bloomsbury group had at that tme, so it wasn't that useful for me. The stuff on reader relations etc was very interesting, however, to understand how Woolf wanted her books to be understood, or how she thinks people should read.

[T.E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Damn, what a bitch