Between the Acts
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1953.
It is June 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare to host the annual village pageant in its grounds. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Yet the coming of war broods over the whole community, changing the meaning of past and present, and heralding a new act. Through her characters' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant's author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf's playful final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness, and re-creates the elusive role of the artist.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Foxing and corner crease to front cover. Crease along top of front cover. Some wear to spine. Light foxing to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1953.
It is June 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare to host the annual village pageant in its grounds. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Yet the coming of war broods over the whole community, changing the meaning of past and present, and heralding a new act. Through her characters' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant's author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf's playful final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness, and re-creates the elusive role of the artist.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Foxing and corner crease to front cover. Crease along top of front cover. Some wear to spine. Light foxing to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
Penguin 1st Edition, published 1953.
It is June 1939, and the inhabitants of a country house prepare to host the annual village pageant in its grounds. It will tell the stories of English history, as it does every year. Yet the coming of war broods over the whole community, changing the meaning of past and present, and heralding a new act. Through her characters' passionate musings and private dramas, and through the enigmatic figure of the pageant's author, Miss La Trobe, Virginia Woolf's playful final novel both celebrates and mocks Englishness, and re-creates the elusive role of the artist.
Condition grading: Good Minus. Foxing and corner crease to front cover. Crease along top of front cover. Some wear to spine. Light foxing to rear cover. Binding tight. The photographs form part of the description.
