Between the Acts

Between the Acts

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Author: Woolf, Virginia
ISBN: 9780241372500
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year first published: 02 May 2019
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback / softback

Virginia WoolfP#39;s final novel, now in Penguin Black Classics

Outwardly a novel about life in a country-house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, Plt;iPgt;Between the ActsPlt;/iPgt; is also a striking evocation of English experience in the months leading up to the Second World War. Plt;BRPgt;Plt;BRPgt;Through dialogue, humour and the passionate musings of the characters, Virginia Woolf explores how a community is formed (and scattered) over time.Plt;iPgt; The pageantPlt;/iPgt;, 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, and author of the pageant, Virginia Woolf questions imperialist assumptions and, at the same time, re-creates the elusive role of the artist.

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