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Jacob's Room

By: Virginia Woolf
Narrated by: Nadia May
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 Jacob's Room was the first of Virginia Woolf's novels to be published by the Hogarth Press, founded with her husband, Leonard Woolf, in their home at Hogarth House in Richmond in 1917. It is an episodic tale that attempts to evoke the inner life of Jacob Flanders and his social milieu during the first decade-and-a-half of the 20th century. This novel was hailed by friends such as T.S. Eliot, and it represents Virginia Woolf's first move towards experimentation, for which she was later recognized.Public Domain (P)2001 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Classics Gender Studies Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Social Sciences Fiction British Fiction
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I am still reeling from only having read any Virginia Woolf this year and how much I have absolutely fallen in love with her writing, which is always beautiful and exactingly lugubrious. Her scenes and characters she paints and how time, geography, and focus meander are unsurpassed, and Jacob's Room is no exception. However, I do feel that I followed and engaged far less than I have with her other works, letting the prose wash over me like a wordbath. There's just something comforting and aesthetic about everything she does (this may well be a reflection of my own neurodivergences) and I feel like I could always listen to her work when feeling low.

Nadia May's performance is really wonderful.

I think this is a lovely little treasure, but outshone by the wondrous other works around it and would be a perfect thing to put on and possibly even drift off to on the couch (complimentary).

Not My Favourite Woolf, But Still Exquisite

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I enjoyed this book. It was undemanding and a pleasure having it read to me. The narrator brought it to life and I felt it was an easier book to listen to than to read for myself. Did like Virginia woolf 's style.

Quite rambling but enjoyable

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Not my liking I'm afraid, got bored after about 10 minutes of listening to it

Glad it's a freebie

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