Essays - Virginia Woolf - Woolf Virginia

Autor: Woolf Virginia

Editorial: Tacet Books

Año: 12/10/2026

ISBN: 9786582140419

Encuadernación: Tapa blanda

Páginas: 302 pp.

Idioma: eng

EAN: 9786582140419

Step into the luminous, sharp, and transformative essays of Virginia Woolf.
Celebrated across the world for landmark modernist novels like Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf revealed in her non-fiction a presence just as captivating: that of a remarkably candid, witty, and intimate conversationalist. In her hands, the essay was never intended to be an arid lecture or a pedantic thesis; its true aim was to captivate the imagination and give pure, unadulterated pleasure to the reader.
This English edition gathers seminal works that showcase the astonishing range and vitality of Woolf?s intellect:
A Room of One?s Own: Her revolutionary masterpiece on the social and economic barriers faced by women, asserting that intellectual freedom requires financial independence and a quiet space with a lock on the door. Modern Fiction: The definitive manifesto in which Woolf challenges Victorian formulas and materialist realism, famously portraying life not as symmetrical carriage lamps, but as a luminous halo surrounding human consciousness. How Should One Read a Book?: A generous, liberating defense of the reader?s autonomy, urging us to discard pedantic rules and embrace books with instinct, curiosity, and passionate independence. Craftsmanship, The Death of the Moth, and More: Brilliant meditations exploring the untamable life of words, the delicate threshold between vitality and mortality, and the endless rewards of an open, thinking mind.
Written with rare warmth, crystalline prose, and deep poetic insight, Essays is an indispensable companion for lifelong Woolf admirers, students of literature, and anyone eager to experience the boundless freedom of the human mind.
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