Virginia - Libros y biografía

Caught unchaperoned in a blizzard Forced into a convenient marriage! A Very Village Scandal story. The last words Rose Healy expects to say again...

Virginia Woolf's "Night and Day," originally published in 1919, serves as a pioneering exploration of the societal expectations surrounding gender and love in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop...

Considerado o mais autobiográfico dos romances da lendária escritora inglesa Virginia Woolf, Passeio ao farol é, como comentou a própria autora em seus diários, uma tentativa de exorcizar a figura da...

A Room of One's Own is an essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1929. The title comes from the author's theory that 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'. It's...

Between the Acts is the last novel by Virginia Woolf, and it was published in 1941 shortly after her suicide at the age of 59. The story takes place just before the Second World War, in a small English...

The Voyage Out was Virginia Woolf's first novel, published in 1915 when she was around 33 years old. Written during a particularly bad period in her life, she attempted suicide for the second time shortly...

To The Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf which tells the story of the Ramsay family. The book recounts the family's trips to the Isle of Skye in Scotland, and recalls childhood emotions as...

Orlando: A Biography is a 1928 novel by Virginia Woolf. It tells the tale of Orlando who, born in the era of Elizabeth I, undergoes a mysterious sex change when he is 30 years old, and goes on to live...

Night and Day is a novel by Virginia Woolf, set in Edwardian London. It focuses on the relationships and daily lives of two main female characters, Mary Datchet and Katharine Hilbery. From different backgrounds...

The Waves is a 1931 novel by Virginia Woolf. Consisting of six characters: Bernard, Louis, Neville, Jinny, Susan, and Rhoda, The Waves explores ideas of individualism and self as it follows the narrators...

Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf is a collection of 8 short stories first published in 1921. Apparently, when it was originally published, the author's husband called it one of the worst printed books...

The Years is a 1937 novel by Virginia Woolf, and was the last one to be published in her lifetime. Just 4 years later, she would take her own life after suffering mental health problems since she was...

« Mourir, naître, revivre. Embrasser le cycle des saisons, naviguer avec les éléments. Passer de la domination à la coexistence, de l'abus à la résilience. Remettre en question les croyances limitantes...

Obra-prima do Modernismo, este é um dos romances mais celebrados de Virginia Woolf, considerado pela própria a sua grande obra.«Que sinto eu sobre os meus escritos? - este livro, ou seja, As Horas, se...

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) "Mrs Dalloway dit qu’elle irait acheter les fleurs elle-même.Lucy avait de l’ouvrage par-dessus la tête. On enlèverait les portes de leurs gonds ; les hommes de Rumpelmayer...

Série « Scandaleuses liaisons » - Tome 4/4Quatre frères, quatre destins… tous plus scandaleux les uns que les autres !Londres, Angleterre, 1820Abandonnée par son père, Felicity Blunt a été élevée dans...

Série « Scandaleuses liaisons » - Tome 3/4Quatre frères, quatre destins… tous plus scandaleux les uns que les autres !Angleterre, juillet 1818Le Dr Joe Warriner est un incorrigible romantique. Tomber...

'There is currently a large Bridgerton shaped hole in my life, this book has filled it perfectly, enjoyable plot and likeable characters' 'A refreshing array of dazzling wit, hidden depths, lip curling...

"Livre sans nom" — tel est le titre même que donna dans son journal Virginia Woolf au roman-essai Les Pargiter, consacré à « la vie sexuelle des femmes ». Dans cette audacieuse entreprise, dès les années...

Mère depuis quelques heures, une femme observe son nouveau-né depuis son lit à la maternité. Comment porter sa fille, si fragile, sans la casser ? Comment vivre avec cette nouvelle charge ? Donner naissance...

Coletânea inédita de textos de Virginia Woolf centrados na questão da relação entre masculinismo e militarismo, entre patriarcado e ditadura Três guinéus, o livro em que Virginia Woolf desenvolve o argumento...

Além de ser uma das vozes mais geniais da ficção moderna, Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) foi articulista, crítica literária e professora de literatura. Antes de lançar seu primeiro romance, A viagem, em 1915,...

Derrière la pureté romanesque de Virginia, son amie Vita Sackville West pressentait le mordant, la dent acérée de Woolf, bref, tout l’esprit critique de celle qui reste la plus brillante pamphlétaire...

'A fantasy, impossible but delicious ... an exuberance of life and wit' The Times Literary SupplementFirst masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman, then gallops...

It is June in 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare to host the annual village pageant in its grounds. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Through her characters'...

Ces deux textes reflètent toutes les facettes de l’œuvre d’essayiste de Virginia Woolf. De veine très lyrique, De la lecture est tout en digressions, en chassés croisés passé-présent, lieux d’écriture...

« Derrière nous s’étend le système patriarcal avec sa nullité, son amoralité, son hypocrisie, sa servilité. Devant nous s’étendent la vie publique, le système professionnel, avec leur passivité, leur...

A partir de uma série de palestras apresentadas em 1928 a jovens universitárias sobre o tema "As mulheres e a ficção", Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) desenvolve as reflexões que dariam origem a Um quarto...

Iniciando com o ponto de vista de Clarissa, "Mrs. Dalloway" – publicado pela primeira vez em 1925 – inova a arte romanesca de forma a um só tempo delicada e radical ao alternar o foco narrativo de um...

Virginia Woolf a choisi le thème de la différence comme fil conducteur de ce roman, qui offre une fresque de la ville de Londres d’après la Première Guerre mondiale et de ses habitants toute en subtilité,...