Jacob's Room

Grafton Books, London, 1986. Reprint. Softcover. Fair Condition. Size: 12mo (small). 173 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Pages are lightly toned throughout. Previous owner's signature in ink. Edges browned slightly. A chip on front top right corner. The book has been read and it may have some creases but is sound overall. The book is available and will be PACKAGED professionally, DISPATCHED promptly and a TRACKING NUMBER will be advised by Australia Post.. Impressionistic novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1922. Experimental in form, it centers on the character of Jacob Flanders, a lonely young man unable to synthesize his love of classical culture with the chaotic reality of contemporary society, notably the turbulence of World War I. The novel is an examination of character development and the meaning of a life by means of a series of brief impressions and conversations, stream of consciousness, internal monologue, and Jacob's letters to his mother. In zealous pursuit of classicism, Jacob studies the ancients at Cambridge and travels to Greece. He either idealizes or ignores the women who admire him. At the end of the novel all that remains of Jacob's life are scattered objects in an abandoned room. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; England; 1900-1920; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0586044450. ISBN/EAN: 9780586044452. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 10413. . 9780586044452