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Fiction · 1922 · English

Jacob's Room

by Virginia Woolf

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Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf explores england — fiction, psychological fiction, young men — fiction.

From the opening pages: “Slowly welling from the point of her gold nib, pale blue ink dissolved the full stop; for there her pen stuck; her eyes fixed, and tears slowly filled them. The entire bay quivered; the lighthouse wobbled; and she had the illusion that the mast of Mr. Connor's little yacht was bending like a wax candle in the sun. She winked quickly. Accidents were awful things. She winked again. The mast was straight; the waves were regular; the lighthouse was upright; but the blot had…”

Author
Virginia Woolf
First published
1922
Category
Fiction
Language
English

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