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''One of the great writers of the twentieth century'' Guardian

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. Yet the coming of war broods over the whole community, changing the meaning of past and present, and heralding a new act. Through her characters'' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant''s author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf''s playful final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness, and re-creates the elusive role of the artist.

Edited by Stella McNichol with an Introduction and Notes by Gillian Beer

Between the Acts Virginia Woolf Penguin classics

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    Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
    Publication Date: 02/05/2019
    ISBN13: 9780241372500, 978-0241372500
    ISBN10: 024137250X
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    Description

    Book Synopsis

    ''One of the great writers of the twentieth century'' Guardian

    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. Yet the coming of war broods over the whole community, changing the meaning of past and present, and heralding a new act. Through her characters'' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant''s author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf''s playful final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness, and re-creates the elusive role of the artist.

    Edited by Stella McNichol with an Introduction and Notes by Gillian Beer

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