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Book SynopsisVirginia Woolf began writing reviews for the
Guardian ''to make a few pence'' from her father''s death in 1904, and continued until the last decade of her life. The result is a phenomenal collection of articles, of which this selection offers a fascinating glimpse, which display the gifts of a dazzling social and literary critic as well as the development of a brilliant and influential novelist. From reflections on class and education, to slyly ironic reviews, musings on the lives of great men and ''Street Haunting'', a superlative tour of her London neighbourhood, this is Woolf at her most thoughtful and entertaining.
Trade ReviewBrilliant and subtle essays * Independent on Sunday *
It is all pure Woolf, so distinctive is her voice - ironic, cool, conversational and playful, shrewd and fantastical by turns * Literary Review *
Woolf was easily the greatest literary journalist of her age -- James Wood * Guardian *
More like novels than ordinary criticism * New Statesman *
Filled with comic spirit...there are some beautiful essays here...and many memorable ones -- Peter Ackroyd * New York Times *
