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Jacob’s Room

The coming-of-age of a young man in pre-war England, told by the impressions of those around him.

First published
1922
Length
54,914 words
Reading time
About 3 hr 49 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

In her third novel, Virginia Woolf departs from conventional narrative and explores storytelling through discordant scenes and impressions. Jacob Flanders’ life story is told through the perspectives of the people in his life.

In Jacob’s Room , we see Jacob grow from a young boy to an ardent student of Classical culture while the world around him moves closer to an impending war. Jacob is described in flashes by the women around him—his mother and his lovers.

the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 54,914 words arranged in 14 navigable sections.

About the author

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) is described by Wikidata as English modernist writer (1882–1941), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Recorded occupations include novelist, essayist, autobiographer, short story writer, diarist, and literary critic. Languages recorded for Virginia Woolf include English. The structured record associates Virginia Woolf with Bloomsbury Group. Wikidata lists To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway, Orlando: A Biography, A Room of One's Own, The Waves, and The Years among Virginia Woolf's notable works. Open Library identifies To the Lighthouse as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 2003 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Jacob’s Room, Mrs. Dalloway, Night and Day, Orlando, The Voyage Out, and To the Lighthouse under Virginia Woolf's authorship.

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Themes and ideas

  • England--Fiction
  • Psychological fiction
  • Young men--Fiction
  • World War, 1914-1918--England--Fiction
  • Experimental fiction

Table of contents

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  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII
  9. IX
  10. X
  11. XI
  12. XII
  13. XIII
  14. XIV