03/05/2020 - 03/05/2020
As a classics major, the heavy and lengthy discussions of Greco-Roman fascinations were very enjoyable for me, especially the criticisms of the men who idolize the old world.
"Wouldn’t you like my knife, mother?” said Archer.
"The progress of the sun was measured by it; the tint of the day laid against it to be judged."
"The Queen of England seemed a name worth dying for."
"In short, the observer is choked with observations. Only to prevent us from being submerged by chaos, nature and society between them have arranged a system of classification which is simplicity itself; stalls, boxes, amphitheatre, gallery."
"For wherever I seat myself, I die in exile."
Synopsis
Virginia Woolf's first original and distinguished work, Jacob's Room is the story of a sensitive young man named Jacob Flanders. The life story, character and friends of Jacob are presented in a series for separate scenes and moments from his childhood, through college at Cambridge, love affairs in London, and travels in Greece, to his death in the war. Jacob's Room established Virginia Woolf's reputation as a highly poetic and symbolic writer who places emphasis not on plot or action but on the psychological realm of occupied by her characters.
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