Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

This paperback is in very good near new used condition. Jacob's Room is a novel by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1922. The book is considered a pivotal work in her transition to a more experimental, modernist style of writing. This novel is considered Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental work, employing a stream-of-consciousness style to explore the life of Jacob Flanders through the perceptions of those around him. The novel is an examination of character development and the meaning of a life by means of a series of literary devices and conversations, stream of consciousness, internal monologue, and Jacob’s letters to his mother. In zealous pursuit of Classicism, Jacob studies the ancients at Cambridge and travels to Greece. He either idealizes or ignores the women who admire him. At the end of the novel scattered objects in an abandoned room are all that remains of Jacob’s life. Happy Reading!