Night and Day

by Virginia Woolf

Overview

Virginia Woolf explores her own personal struggles in Night and Day, following two women on the cusp of a new era as they balance the weight of the past and the pull of their own aspirations.

Set in Edwardian England, Katherine Hilbery, the grandchild of a revered poet, is torn between societal expectations and her own intellectual dreams. Meanwhile, Mary Datchet, a passionate suffragist, grapples with her ambitions and the complexities of modern womanhood. As their lives intertwine with those of the introspective Ralph Denham and the enigmatic William Rodney, the characters navigate the tensions between the demands of those around them and their own desires for individuality.

Despite only being her second novel, Virginia Woolf experiments with the boundaries of literary convention and style, mirroring Katherine and Mary as they too elude societal tradition. First published in 1919, Night and Day already displays Woolf's distinctive voice and characteristic writing style. This collectible Read & Co. Classics edition is not to be missed by fans of Woolf's seminal work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447499336
Publisher:	Read & Co. Classics
Publication date:	11/01/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	500
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is now recognized as a major twentieth-century author, a great novelist and essayist and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and a modernist. Her first novel, The Voyage Out, appeared in 1915. Her major novels include Mrs Dalloway (1925), Orlando (1928), The Waves (1931), The Years (1937), and Between the Acts (1941).

Date of Birth:

January 25, 1882

Date of Death:

March 28, 1941

Place of Birth:

London

Place of Death:

Sussex, England

Education:

Home schooling

Table of Contents

List of illustrations and list of maps; General editors' preface; Notes on the edition; Acknowledgements; Chronology of Virginia Woolf's life and work; List of abbreviations; List of archival sources for manuscript, typescript and proof material relating to Night and Day; List of editorial symbols; Introduction; Chronology of the composition of Night and Day; Maps; Night and Day; Explanatory notes; Textual apparatus; Textual notes; Bibliography.

Editorial Reviews

‘… this Cambridge Edition should make its way to libraries, where it will quickly become the standard reference volume for scholars.’ Elizabeth Outka, Woolf Studies Annual

From the Publisher

Listeners will enjoy a vivid depiction of Edwardian society in this novel, which deals with the period’s fixed attitudes about the roles of women and marriage. The principals are Mary Datchet, an independent woman who works in an office and supports the women’s suffrage movement, and Katharine Hilbery, the only daughter of an estimable English family. Narrator Juliet Stevenson has a soft, leisurely tone that smoothly transitions from the thoughts to the voices of the characters. She captures Woolf’s brilliance for realistic dialogue and interpersonal confusion: The two male characters, William Rodney and Ralph Denham, are emphatic yet often awkward. Katharine Hilbery’s removed way of speaking characterizes her wandering thoughts. Stevenson’s reading is a delightful complement to Woolf’s prose, highlighting its diction and musicality. D.M.W. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2016 - AudioFile