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Jacob's Room (Hardcover)

by Virginia Woolf (Author) "'So of course,' wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, 'there was nothing for it but to leave.' ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0701209321
ISBN-13: 978-0701209322
Shipping Weight: 790 g

Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Woolf's 1922 experimental novel here joins Dover's "Thrift" line of bargain classics. This is still a popular item in lit classes, so have a few extra copies on hand; this is the cheapest way to fill the demand.
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Jacob is so hard to manage. Ever since his father, Seabrook Flanders, passed away, he has been a somewhat aimless boy. As Jacob grows, we watch his aimless spirit wander like a butterfly from flower to flower, sipping nectar, but never lighting for long in one spot. Nadia May reads Virginia Woolf's stream of consciousness--her cataloging of voices and images--with such force and authority that gradually in the poetry of these images, a character, albeit somewhat lost and stillborn, breaks through into a hollow world, exactly as Woolf intended. It is the narrator's assurance, as it was the writer's belief before her, that this stream of consciousness cataloging would produce both world and character, and so it does. P.E.F. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars 9, Jan 29 2002

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This review is from: 20th Century Jacobs Room (Paperback)

Virginia Woolf is one of my favorite authors and Jacob's Room is my second favortie Woolf book (The Waves being the first).

Jacob's Room is the highly impressionistic story of Jacob Flanders, a character based on Woolf's own brother. This is a coming-of-age story as we follow Jacob from the rocky coasts of Cornwall to the sun-drenched shores of Greece.

Anyone looking for a conventional story or plot won't find it here. Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf during a highly experimental stage; a stage during which she was developing her pure stream-of-consciousness style.

Jacob's Room is for very "literary" readers. This is definitely not light and fluffy and it's definitely not going to be everyone's cup of tea. Those who love good literature, however, will find Jacob's Room a pure poetic masterpiece of the highest order.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Beautiful, May 14 2001

By	Toisha Tucker (Ithaca, NY) - See all my reviews

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This IS literature at its best. There is nothing I can say that hasn't already been said rather eloquently by the first review of this book, 'Stitched Seams of Color, Subjectless, and Brilliant,' January 17, 1998 Reviewer: A reader from Deerfield, Massachusetts, so go read that one. The other reviews were too superficial; futile exercises in trying to describe a plot that is not there. Woolf is remarkable. This novel is a reflection of Woolf.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Woolf's first experimental novel, Oct 9 2000

By	Joy Kim (New Haven, CT USA) - See all my reviews

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_Jacob's Room_ marks Virginia Woolf first truly experimental novel. It follows the elusive figure of Jacob Flanders, from his boyhood to college and finally off to the Great War.

It is a novel where plot and typical "defining" events are irrelevant. This is not a story about who dies, who lives, who loves, or who hates. This is a novel about interiority, about the effect Jacob has on those he meets. It is interesting to note that the character of Jacob Flanders was (in part) based upon Virginia Woolf's own brother, Thoby Stephen, who died quite young. While it is dangerous to overread the connection between Jacob and Thoby, it's highly probably that part of the novel's elegaic tone comes from it. Woolf's prose is typically lyrical, and she depends heavily upon interior monologue and stream-of-consciousness writing.

It's not an easy novel to read, especially Woolf novices, but I think fans of modern fiction will find the experience worthwhile. Better introductions to Woolf's works are _Mrs. Dalloway_ and _To the Lighthouse_.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Much Thanks
I would like to express my gratitude to "a reader from us" and "a reader from Soweto." You both succesfully ruined the book for my entire class. Read more

Published on Jan 20 2000

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It is a truly marvellous novel and I really cried illustriously oh my heart out when Jacob died. The imagery use of Bennet can obviously be seen as put to use in this novel in... Read more

Published on Sep 30 1999

4.0 out of 5 stars Virginia Woolf's stylistic devices in Jacob's Room
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4.0 out of 5 stars Who Do You Really Know?
The reader is introduced to Jacob as a child and sees glimpses of his life as he grows into a young man. Read more

Published on Jul 4 1998