The Essays, Vol. 2: 1912-1918

The Essays #2

by Virginia Woolf

Essays beginning at the time of her marriage to Leonard Woolf and ending just after the Armistice. More than half have not been collected previously. "In these essays we see both Woolf's work and her self afresh" (Chicago Tribune). Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index.

Genres: Essays, Nonfiction, British Literature, English Literature, Literature

384 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

[Lorraine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting if you compare it to vol 1. There is a lot less whining about diadectism, and a focus on realism. It, too, seems more confidently written, and the views expressed are idiosyncratic. You get what you go for when you read Woolf essays; a unique perspective, beautiful language and a definite sense of aesthetic

[Liza · Rating 4 out of 5]

So fresh! So generous! So level-headed!

[Sophy H · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some good, some not so good in this collection of essays by Virginia Woolf.

The stand out ones were for me were the essays regarding female readers and writers.

The rest were just words that were soon forgotten.

[laurentiu]

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[Purple Booklover · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5.

[mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

o săptămână minunată alături de virginia woolf. mă bucur enorm că i am citit o parte din eseuri. se pare că rezonez cu scrierile ei personale mai mult

[Ned · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm enjoying these for all the reasons.
I have a hardback edition of this.

[lyla fluck · Rating 4 out of 5]

“In reading we have to allow the sunken meanings to remain sunken, suggested, not stated; lapsing and flowing into each other like reeds on the bed of a river,”