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Jacob's Room

Jacob's Room

by Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

BookID: 5670

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 81.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

England -- FictionPsychological fictionYoung men -- FictionWorld War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction

Description

"Jacob's Room" by Virginia Woolf is a novel published in 1922. The story follows Jacob Flanders from childhood through Cambridge and into adulthood in pre-war England, but with a radical twist: Jacob himself remains elusive, known only through the impressions of others. Women in his life—including the reserved Clara Durrant and bohemian artist Florinda—provide glimpses of a man who exists more as absence than presence. This experimental modernist work haunts readers with its void at the center, presenting a protagonist through memories and sensations rather than concrete reality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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