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Title: Jacob's Room
Author: Virginia Woolf
Narrator: Flo Gibson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-08-12
Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, Inc.
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
We meet Jacob as a small boy; follow him through Cambridge, sharing his thoughts on philosophy and literature; and enjoy his travels and romances in Greece. Then we learn how others see him. The remarkable imagery in Virginia Woolf's classic makes some sections of this book seem almost poetical.
Members Reviews:
Jacob, Jacob, wherefore art thou?
If you already love Virginia Woolf's fiction, this is not to be missed. It is the first of her modern novels.Its non-linearity succeeds when her tour de force "The Waves" only comes close. [my somewhat controversial opinion, but I wrote a critical piece that demonstrates my point]. If you want to figure this out for yourself, then read "The Waves" yourself, after reading "Jacob's Room," and compare for yourself. If you're considering this as your first Virginia Woolf fiction, please press pause, and begin with "To the Lighthouse," or maybe "Mrs. Dalloway." CAUTION: This is NOT a standard narrative. Jacob himself hardly shows up. It's usually only people talking about him. And when he does show up, he's usually on his way out of the scene. There really isn't a beginning, a middle, or even an end, and there are some parts that sag. But the parts that soar are breathtakingly outstanding.
It is the precursor to her great novels: Mrs
This is the first novel in Virginia Woolf's mature style. It is the precursor to her great novels : Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse. The tone and the imagery are ists best qualities.
Sophisticated?
This is a strange book. Woolf deliberately cuts the usual connections that conventional novelists present to give the reader continuity. The effect is challenging; one can easily get lost. One could say that some of cuts by the author are arbitrary, can be different simply to be new as music and painting were "new' at the time. Certainly this is not a novel for inexperienced readers, and perhaps would have its audience in advanced college courses. The ending seemed arbitrary, as though Woolfe couldn't manage to sustain a conclusion based on her own characters and chose to use outside events, the First World War, to close her narrative. This said, the book is still sufficiently "new" to be worth the effort needed to get through it.
A beautiful book--the clear predecessor to Mrs
A beautiful book--the clear predecessor to Mrs. Dalloway, Jacob's room is filled with simply rapturous lines and insights into the working of the human mind. I'd warn that this isn't exactly the place to begin for those who aren't used to stream-of-conscious writing: the book is very experimental and can be hard to follow. But people who have read Mrs. Dalloway and liked it will find this an even more penetrating, tender, and insightful book.
This version of the text was great. No major glitches in the copy-editing. Of course, you also can't beat the price!
Five Stars
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Title: Jacob's Room
Author: Virginia Woolf
Narrator: Flo Gibson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 20 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-08-12
Publisher: Audio Book Contractors, Inc.
Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
We meet Jacob as a small boy; follow him through Cambridge, sharing his thoughts on philosophy and literature; and enjoy his travels and romances in Greece. Then we learn how others see him. The remarkable imagery in Virginia Woolf's classic makes some sections of this book seem almost poetical.
Members Reviews:
Jacob, Jacob, wherefore art thou?
If you already love Virginia Woolf's fiction, this is not to be missed. It is the first of her modern novels.Its non-linearity succeeds when her tour de force "The Waves" only comes close. [my somewhat controversial opinion, but I wrote a critical piece that demonstrates my point]. If you want to figure this out for yourself, then read "The Waves" yourself, after reading "Jacob's Room," and compare for yourself. If you're considering this as your first Virginia Woolf fiction, please press pause, and begin with "To the Lighthouse," or maybe "Mrs. Dalloway." CAUTION: This is NOT a standard narrative. Jacob himself hardly shows up. It's usually only people talking about him. And when he does show up, he's usually on his way out of the scene. There really isn't a beginning, a middle, or even an end, and there are some parts that sag. But the parts that soar are breathtakingly outstanding.
It is the precursor to her great novels: Mrs
This is the first novel in Virginia Woolf's mature style. It is the precursor to her great novels : Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse. The tone and the imagery are ists best qualities.
Sophisticated?
This is a strange book. Woolf deliberately cuts the usual connections that conventional novelists present to give the reader continuity. The effect is challenging; one can easily get lost. One could say that some of cuts by the author are arbitrary, can be different simply to be new as music and painting were "new' at the time. Certainly this is not a novel for inexperienced readers, and perhaps would have its audience in advanced college courses. The ending seemed arbitrary, as though Woolfe couldn't manage to sustain a conclusion based on her own characters and chose to use outside events, the First World War, to close her narrative. This said, the book is still sufficiently "new" to be worth the effort needed to get through it.
A beautiful book--the clear predecessor to Mrs
A beautiful book--the clear predecessor to Mrs. Dalloway, Jacob's room is filled with simply rapturous lines and insights into the working of the human mind. I'd warn that this isn't exactly the place to begin for those who aren't used to stream-of-conscious writing: the book is very experimental and can be hard to follow. But people who have read Mrs. Dalloway and liked it will find this an even more penetrating, tender, and insightful book.
This version of the text was great. No major glitches in the copy-editing. Of course, you also can't beat the price!
Five Stars
weird