Jacob's Room: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Jacob's Room is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Woolf, Virginia (1882–1941).
Catalogue synopsis
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"Jacob's Room" by Virginia Woolf is a novel published in 1922. The story follows Jacob Flanders from childhood through Cambridge and into adulthood in pre-war England, but with a radical twist: Jacob himself remains elusive, known only through the impressions of others. Women in his life—including the reserved Clara Durrant and bohemian artist Florinda—provide glimpses of a man who exists more as absence than presence. This experimental modernist work haunts readers with its void at the center, presenting a protagonist through memories and sensations rather than concrete reality.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Jacob's Room
- Author credits: Woolf, Virginia (1882–1941)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- England -- Fiction
- Experimental fiction
- Psychological fiction
- World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction
- Young men -- Fiction
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- Category: British Literature
- Category: Novels
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