Virginia Woolf

Broschiertes Buch

The Voyage Out

Beschreibung

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - As the streets that lead from the Strand to the Embankment are very narrow, it is better not to walk down them arm-in-arm. If you persist, lawyers' clerks will have to make flying leaps into the mud; young lady typists will have to fidget behind you. In the streets of London where beauty goes unregarded, eccentricity must pay the penalty, and it is better not to be very tall, to wear a long blue cloak, or to beat the air with your left hand. One afternoon in the beginning of October when the traffic was becoming brisk a tall man strode along the edge of the pavement with a lady on his arm. Angry glances struck upon their backs. The small, agitated figures - for in comparison with this couple most people looked small - decorated with fountain pens, and burdened with despatch-boxes, had appointments to keep, and drew a weekly salary, so that there was some reason for the unfriendly stare which was bestowed upon Mr. Ambrose's height and upon Mrs. Ambrose's cloak. But some enchantment had put both man and woman beyond the reach of malice and unpopularity. In his guess one might guess from the moving lips that it was thought; and in hers from the eyes fixed stonily straight in front of her at a level above the eyes of most that it was sorrow. It was only by scorning all she met that she kept herself from tears, and the friction of people brushing past her was evidently painful. After watching the traffic on the Embankment for a minute or two with a stoical gaze she twitched her husband's sleeve, and they crossed between the swift discharge of motor cars. When they were safe on the further side, she gently withdrew her arm from his, allowing her mouth at the same time to relax, to tremble; then tears rolled down, and leaning her elbows on the balustrade, she shielded her face from the curious. Mr. Ambrose attempted consolation; he patted her shoulder; but she showed no signs of admitting him, and feeling it awkward to stand beside a grief that was greater than his, he crossed his arms behind him, and took a turn along the pavement.

Autor

Virginia Woolf was an influential English writer, recognized as one of the foremost modernist authors of the 20th century. She was born in 1882 to Julia Prinsep Jackson and Leslie Stephen in South Kensington, London. Raised in an intellectual and artistic environment, Woolf was home-schooled in the English classics and Victorian literature, which shaped her literary career. She later studied at King s College London, where she was exposed to the burgeoning women's rights movement. After her father s death, Woolf became a central figure in the Bloomsbury Group, an influential circle of writers, intellectuals, and artists. In 1912, she married Leonard Woolf, and together they founded the Hogarth Press in 1917, which would become the platform for much of her work. Known for pioneering the stream of consciousness technique, Woolf s best-known works include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando. She also wrote influential essays, such as A Room of One's Own, which addressed women's literary and intellectual freedom. Woolf s works have been widely translated and studied, with her life and writings inspiring feminist literary criticism. She passed away in 1941, leaving behind a lasting legacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
• Seitenzahl: 524
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 731g
• ISBN-13: 9781595405319
• ISBN-10: 1595405313
• Artikelnr.: 21296781