První román proslulé anglické spisovatelky vyšel v roce 1915 a Woolfová na něm pracovala v době, která pro ni byla neobvykle těžká, a kdy trpěla opakujícími se depresemi. Dílo si drží tradiční románovou podobu, ale... Zobraziť viac
Román Pani Dallowayová, ktorý sa pokladá za prvé majstrovské dielo Virginie Woolfovej, vyšiel prvý raz v roku 1925. Dej sa odohrá za jediný deň, no za neveľký časový úsek sa rozprávanie rozbieha do nekonečných hlbín ľudského vedomia. Zobraziť viac
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield. Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolfová sa v románe Orlando vyrovnáva s problémom pohlavnej identity, ktorým sa zaoberá celý život... Zobraziť viac
For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever; but, as the First World War looms, the integrity of family and society will be fatally challenged... Zobraziť viac
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions... Zobraziť viac
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
Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love letter in literature', playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf's close friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West... Zobraziť viac
It is June in 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare for the annual village pageant that will be held in its grounds that day. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Yet the coming of war broods ... Zobraziť viac
Wordsworth Editions Ltd: This book is with an introduction and notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading. "To the... Zobraziť viac
‘I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot’, Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works... Zobraziť viac
Rewriting the traditional family saga and the pageant, these unsettling novels provide extraordinary critiques of Englishness and English identity while pursuing compelling existentialist and psychological themes... Zobraziť viac
Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence... Zobraziť viac
Román Pani Dallowayová, ktorý sa pokladá za prvé majstrovské dielo Virginie Woolfovej, vyšiel prvý raz v roku 1925. Dej sa odohrá za jediný deň, no za neveľký časový úsek sa rozprávanie rozbieha do nekonečných hlbín ľudského vedomia. Zobraziť viac
Orlando je piatou knihou z edície Knižná klasika denníka SME. Román v čase vydania zožal väčší úspech ako oveľa známejšie autorkine knihy. Počas deja 36-ročný muž prechádza výraznou premenou – stane sa z neho žena. Zmena pohlavia... Zobraziť viac
The essay lays bare the woman artist’s struggle for a voice, since throughout history she has been denied the social and economic independence assumed by men... Zobraziť viac
Tri guiney je najradikálnejšie feministické dielo Virginie Wolfovej. Je neľútostne presnou sondou do príčin a následkov tradičného postavenia žien v spoločnosti. Zobraziť viac
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY JACKIE KAY AND LISA JARDINE A village pageant is to take place at Pointz Hall, the country home of the Oliver family for time beyond memory. Written and directed by the energetic Miss La Trobe, the pageant will take... Zobraziť viac
Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's first truly experimental novel. It is a portrait of a young man, who is both representative and victim of the social values which led Edwardian society into war. Jacob's life is traced from the time he is a small boy... Zobraziť viac
