β Scribed by Virginia Woolf
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
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Paperback, 467 pages
Published 1919
Barnes & Noble Classics Series (2005)
Introduction by: Rachel Wetzsteon
A long neglected masterpiece, Night and Day reveals Virginia Woolfβs mastery of the traditional English novel. With its classic comic structure, minutely observed characters, and delicate irony, Woolfβs second novel has invited comparison to the works of Shakespeare, Mozart, and Jane Austen.
Set in Edwardian London, Night and Day contrasts the lives of two friends, Katherine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. Katherine is the bored, frustrated granddaughter of an eminent English poet. She lives at her parentsβ home and is engaged to a prig who exemplifies the stultifying life from which she wishes to be free, until she meets a possible avenue of escape in the person of Ralph Denham. Mary Datchet, on the other hand, represents an alternative to marriageβshe has been to college, lives on her own, and finds fulfillment in working for the womenβs rights movement.
As the story dances delightfully among the novelβs brilliantly drawn characters, serious questions about the nature of romance arise. Is love real or illusory? Can love and marriage coexist? Is love necessary for happiness?
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