As the Pargiters, a middle-class English family, move from the oppressive confines of the Victorian home of the 1880s to the `present day' of the 1930s, they are weighed down by the pressures of war, the social strictures of patriarchy, capitalism and Empire, and the rise of Fascism. Engaging with a painful struggle between utopian hopefulness and crippled with despair, the novel is a savage indictment of Virginia Woolf's society, but its bitter sadness is relieved by the longing for some better way of life, where `freedom and justice' might really be possible.
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| ISBN: | 9780199555390 |
| Publication date: | 28th May 2009 |
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 481 pages |
| Series: | Oxford World's Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Modern and Contemporary Fiction Classic fiction: general and literary |
As the Pargiters, a middle-class English family, move from the oppressive confines of the Victorian home of the 1880s to the `present day' of the 1930s, they are weighed down by the pressures of war, the social strictures of patriarchy, capitalism and Empire, and the rise of Fascism. Engaging with a painful struggle between utopian hopefulness and crippled with despair, the novel is a savage indictment of Virginia Woolf's society, but its bitter sadness is relieved by the longing for some better way of life, where `freedom and justice' might really be possible.
The Years features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary
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The Years was written by Virginia Woolf and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
The Years has 481 pages
Yes it is part of Oxford World's Classics series
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