{"product_id":"between-the-acts-1","title":"Virginia Woolf: Between the Acts [2000] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eVirginia Woolf's last novel, in equal parts a triumphant celebration and witty mockery of 'Englishness', \u003ci\u003eBetween the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e is edited by Stella McNichol, with an introduction and notes by Gillian Beer in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOutwardly a novel about life in a country house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, \u003ci\u003eBetween the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e is also a striking evocation of English experience in the months leading up to the Second World War. Through dialogue, humour and the passionate musings of the characters, Virginia Woolf explores how a community is formed (and scattered) over time. The tableau, a series of scenes from English history, and the private dramas that go on between the acts are closely interlinked. Through the figure of Miss La Trobe, author of the pageant, Virginia Woolf questions imperialist assumptions and, at the same time, re-creates the elusive role of the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major 20th century author and essayist, a key figure in literary history as a feminist and modernist, and the centre of 'The Bloomsbury Group'. This informal collective of artists and writers which included Lytton Strachey and Roger Fry, exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, from \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e (1925) to the poetic and highly experimental novel \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism and biography, including the playfully subversive \u003ci\u003eOrlando\u003c\/i\u003e (1928) and \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/i\u003e (1929) a passionate feminist essay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eBetween the Acts\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Woolf's \u003ci\u003eThe Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A powerful and prophetic statement'\u003cbr\u003eRichard Shone, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Woolf, Virginia \u0026 Mcnichol, Stella \u0026 Beer, Gillian","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49972624195923,"sku":"XV80141184524","price":6.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/woolf-virginia-mcnichol-stella-beer-gillian-between-the-acts-xv80141184524-60478778474835.jpg?v=1734667877","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/between-the-acts-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}