Virginia Woolfová patrí k najvýznamnejším modernistom 20. storočia, je považovaná za veľkú inovátorku v oblasti anglického jazyka a jeho použitia v beletristickom diele. Vo svojich dielach experimentovala s psychologickými motívmi a rôznymi možnosťami prerušovaného rozprávania a chronológie, sústredila sa na emocionálne stavy svojich postáv. Román Vlny patrí spolu s románmi Pani Dallowayová a kniha K majáku k vrcholu jej tvorby. Vychádza práve pod značkou Odeon vydavateľstva IKAR.
First masculine, then feminine, Orlando begins life as a young sixteenth-century nobleman,then gallops through the centuries to end up as a woman writer in Virginia Woolf's own time.Written for the charismatic, bisexual writer Vita Sackville-West, this... Zobraziť viac
Who better to serve as a guide to great books and their authors than Virginia Woolf? In the early years of its existence, the Times Literary Supplement published some of the finest writers in English: T. S. Eliot, Henry James and E. M. Forster... Zobraziť viac
The young Rachel Vinrance leaves England on her father’s ship, the Euphrosyne, on a voyage to South America. Despite being accompanied by her father and her aunt and uncle, Helen and Ridley Ambrose, the passage leads to Rachel’s awakening, ... Zobraziť viac
'Things are not simple but complex. If he bit Mr. Browning he bit her too. Hatred is not hatred; hatred is also love. ' Virginia Woolf's delightful biography of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's spaniel, which asks what it means to be human... Zobraziť viac
Tracing the lives of a group of friends, The Waves follows their development from childhood to middle age. While social events, individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, the novel is most remarkable for ... Zobraziť viac
WITH AN INTRODUCTION, PLUS EXTENSIVE NOTES AND REFERENCES BY HERMIONE LEEThis volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Zobraziť viac
Román Vlny, poprvé publikovaný v roce 1931, patří k nejvýraznějším z experimentální tvorby Virginie Woolfové. Ústřední roli v něm má šest postav, vedoucích monology: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Luis, Jinny a Neville. Důležitá je také... Zobraziť viac
The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions... Zobraziť viac
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution... Zobraziť viac
Compilation of original stories by various authors related to the theme of animals... Zobraziť viac
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books ‘Waking, I cry “Oh, is this your – buried treasure? The light in the heart.”’ In these exquisite stories from the genius of English modernism, everyday objects acquire profound significance: a ... Zobraziť viac
The only advice, indeed, that one person can give another about reading is to take no advice, to follow your own instincts, to use your own reason, to come to your own conclusions... Zobraziť viac
Román vyšel poprvé r. 1927 a brzy se zařadil se mezi nejlepší anglicky psané romány 20. století. Jedná se o dílo obsahující nejvíc autobiografických prvků, Woolfová se v něm pokusila vyrovnat se vztahem k rodičům a nastínit i jejich.. Zobraziť viac
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges ... Zobraziť viac
One of the greatest elegies in the English language, a book which transcends time... Zobraziť viac
Součástí názvu románu je slovo biography – spisovatelka zde podává životopis Orlanda, syna anglického šlechtice vysokého postavení z doby královny Alžběty I. ... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's second novel, Night and Day (1919), portrays the gradual changes in a society, the patterns and conventions of which are slowly disintegrating; where the representatives of the younger generation struggle to forge their own way, for ... Zobraziť viac
Published for the first time as a standalone volume, Virginia Woolf's short, impassioned essay, How Should One Read a Book? celebrates the enduring importance of great literature... Zobraziť viac
Based on lectures given at Cambridge colleges and first published by the Hogarth Press in 1929, A Room of One's Own is an extended essay about the predicament of female writers and a stirring call for autonomy and recognition... Zobraziť viac
