Virginia Woolf's Night and Day

by Virginia Adeline Woolf, Virginia Woolf

Overview

Night and Day is a novel by Virginia Woolf first published on 20 October 1919. Set in Edwardian London, Night and Day contrasts the daily lives and romantic attachments of two acquaintances, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. The novel examines the relationships between love, marriage, happiness, and success.

Dialogue and descriptions of thought and actions are used in equal amount, unlike in Woolf's later book, To the Lighthouse. There are four major characters, Katharine Hilbery, Mary Datchet, Ralph Denham, and William Rodney. Night and Day deals with issues concerning women's suffrage, if love and marriage can coexist, and if marriage is necessary for happiness. Motifs throughout the book includes the stars and sky, the River Thames, and walks. Also, Woolf makes many references to the works of William Shakespeare, especially As You Like It. -Wikipedia.com

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014401821
Publisher:	Castaway Family Press
Publication date:	05/08/2012
Series:	Virginia Woolf Collection , #8
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	436 KB

About the Author

Woolf, Virginia
Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 � 28 March 1941) was an English writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." �Wikipedia.com