601 results for '"Virginia Woolf'

A Biography of Virginia Woolf's early years-by one of the insiders at Bloomsbury; Trade Paperback, 228pp with Index.

Now a New Directions book, the legendary novel that is "equal to the best of Virginia Woolf and Samuel Beckett" (New York Times Book Review)

The author recounts anecdotes of his parents, Vanessa and Clive Bell, his aunt, Virginia Woolf, E.M. Forster, Maynard Keynes, Anthony Blunt, and other British writers and artists

This juxtaposition of Virginia Woolf and Christa Wolf, writers of two distinct cultures, countries and generations, focuses on the strategies the two authors share in creating their female characters...

“A satisfying read from a masterful stylist, this will appeal to any fan of nature writing or personal essays.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)Ever since her daughter rescued a fledgling rook...

The Radical Twenties breaks with standard accounts of the period. Drawing on the work of DH Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Ivor Gurney, Patrick Hamilton and others, John Lucas...

The definitive one-volume collection of Jung quotationsC. G. Jung (1875–1961) was a preeminent thinker of the modern era. In seeking to establish an interdisciplinary science of analytical...

A New York Times Notable Book • An Entertainment Weekly “Must List” Pick • “Prepare to be dazzled.”—Paula McLain • “Quite simply astonishing.”—Sarah BlakeWhat if Virginia Woolf’s sister had kept a...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadIntroduction by Caryl PhillipsCommentary by...

The epic novel of the American West and the heroic cowboyOwen Wister's powerful story of the tall, silent stranger who rides into the uncivilized West and defeats the forces of evil has become an...

Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers...

First edition. A collection of articles and reviews about an extraordinary group of writers, raconteurs, and social activists who stimulated England's brief Edwardian period, many of which appeared...

The essential masterwork that has provoked and inspired generations of men and women. “From Eve’s apple to Virginia Woolf’s room of her own, Beauvoir’s treatise remains an essential rallying point,...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that became a motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman, directed by Stephen Daldry from a screenplay by David Hare.In The Hours,...

"Bloomsbury on the Mediterranean," is how Vanessa Bell described France in a letter to her sister, Virginia Woolf. Remarking on the vivifying effect of Cassis, Woolf herself said, "I will take my...

A coming-of-age memoir set in late-twentieth-century Dublin, recounting writer and critic Brian Dillon's first encounters with pivotal writers in his life—Virginia Woolf, Samuel Beckett, Walter...

"Smart and entertaining . . . Gefter shows why Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the '60s like a torpedo." -NPR, Fresh Air"Delicious." -New York Times Book ReviewThe behind-the-scenes story of a...

"Quin's prose never falters; it's stunning." —The Paris ReviewThis new collection of rare and unpublished writing by the cult 1960s author explores the risks and seductions of going over the edge...

The untold story of Shakespeare's profound influence on Virginia Woolf and the rest of the Bloomsbury Group "A spirited dance of minds."--Chris Vognar, Boston Globe For the men and women of the...