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Set in pre-World War One Britain, Jacob Flanders is a somewhat ambiguous character, and a rich sadness follows him throughout. From his childhood in Cornwall to his room at Cambridge, Woolf follows his life through the eyes of others; university friends, women he knows, neighbors and family members. It is a cloudy and incomplete picture, with Woolf using an experimental writing style for the first time, and I think it is brilliant.

Jacob reads the Classical Greeks, and takes a tour of Greece, perhaps falling in love with another tourist, but again his thoughts are often hidden. But he is reflective and intelligent, even if he appears oblivious at times. Especially interesting was Jacob’s time in London, and the city became a character itself. Touring the landmark locations, cafe life and exchanges with aspiring artists. Life soon before the war was described in wonderful Woolf style, as the gloomy specter of war begins to stir.

I loved it. Highly recommended.


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Jacob Room Norton Critical Editions Virginia Woolf Suzanne Raitt Books Reviews

A beautiful book--the clear predecessor to Mrs. Dalloway, Jacob's room is filled with simply rapturous lines and insights into the working of the human mind. I'd warn that this isn't exactly the place to begin for those who aren't used to stream-of-conscious writing the book is very experimental and can be hard to follow. But people who have read Mrs. Dalloway and liked it will find this an even more penetrating, tender, and insightful book.

This version of the text was great. No major glitches in the copy-editing. Of course, you also can't beat the price!
This is the first novel in Virginia Woolf's mature style. It is the precursor to her great novels Mrs. Dalloway and To The Lighthouse. The tone and the imagery are ists best qualities.
Virginia Woolf was certainly unique as a writer for her time. Jacob's Room is a stream-of-consciousness series of images from the life of Jacob and his family and social circle. Woolf is almost as evocative by what she doesn't say in her descriptions as by what she does. Don't go looking for plot or gripping narrative here. Woolf is not Somerset Maugham. The images meander through the pages and need to be enjoyed for what they are and not for their contribution to a story line. Her descriptions, however, are still brilliant, and the version is well-crafted and very readable.
Jacob's Room is worth reading. Because Woolf is experimenting with stream of consciousness, it is a little bit hard to follow and sometimes focuses on trivia. The point of view changes frequently, and that can be a bit jarring. We follow the life of a rich, attractive young Englishman a little over a hundred years ago. We mostly see him as other women see him - attractive and appearing trustworthy. However, like the equally attractive Georges Duroy, the protagonist of De Maupassant's Bel Ami, Jacob Flanders is a cad. The last chapter, though, brings it all together, and we see Woolf's genius. The last chapter is only about two pages and the only chapter that is actually set in Jacob's room. Throughout the novel, we may see how women relate to certain men, but in that last chapter we can seriously ask that same question that the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come raises What will our legacy be? What will we leave behind in our "rooms"?
This book is monumental in terms of understanding the boldness and genius of Woolf. I couldn't help but hear shards of future conversations and debates over phenomenology and existentialism. Woolf writes of the only Now there is - presence. She takes us into an ongoing world of thoughts without dramatizing the behaviors associated with those thoughts. In a sense, Woolf is suggesting a great equalizer effect - stream-of-consciousness was never new but, before Woolf, it was being employed as a literary device. In Jacob's Room I think she was giving it a role that would be enlarged later (Mrs. Dalloway). A wonderful introduction to the freedom of writing.
This is a strange book. Woolf deliberately cuts the usual connections that conventional novelists present to give the reader continuity. The effect is challenging; one can easily get lost. One could say that some of cuts by the author are arbitrary, can be different simply to be new as music and painting were "new' at the time. Certainly this is not a novel for inexperienced readers, and perhaps would have its audience in advanced college courses. The ending seemed arbitrary, as though Woolfe couldn't manage to sustain a conclusion based on her own characters and chose to use outside events, the First World War, to close her narrative. This said, the book is still sufficiently "new" to be worth the effort needed to get through it.
If you already love Virginia Woolf's fiction, this is not to be missed. It is the first of her modern novels.Its non-linearity succeeds when her tour de force "The Waves" only comes close. [my somewhat controversial opinion, but I wrote a critical piece that demonstrates my point]. If you want to figure this out for yourself, then read "The Waves" yourself, after reading "Jacob's Room," and compare for yourself. If you're considering this as your first Virginia Woolf fiction, please press pause, and begin with "To the Lighthouse," or maybe "Mrs. Dalloway." CAUTION This is NOT a standard narrative. Jacob himself hardly shows up. It's usually only people talking about him. And when he does show up, he's usually on his way out of the scene. There really isn't a beginning, a middle, or even an end, and there are some parts that sag. But the parts that soar are breathtakingly outstanding.
Set in pre-World War One Britain, Jacob Flanders is a somewhat ambiguous character, and a rich sadness follows him throughout. From his childhood in Cornwall to his room at Cambridge, Woolf follows his life through the eyes of others; university friends, women he knows, neighbors and family members. It is a cloudy and incomplete picture, with Woolf using an experimental writing style for the first time, and I think it is brilliant.

Jacob reads the Classical Greeks, and takes a tour of Greece, perhaps falling in love with another tourist, but again his thoughts are often hidden. But he is reflective and intelligent, even if he appears oblivious at times. Especially interesting was Jacob’s time in London, and the city became a character itself. Touring the landmark locations, cafe life and exchanges with aspiring artists. Life soon before the war was described in wonderful Woolf style, as the gloomy specter of war begins to stir.

I loved it. Highly recommended.