Jacob's room ; The waves /

"Jacobs room" employs the conventions of a bildüngsroman to develop the expectations of a promising young man, only to pull them out from under him. Woolf illustrates what happens when a young man is denied the opportunity to excel and is instead sent to war. This book also serves as an el...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1959]
Series:	Harvest book ; HB37.
Subjects:	Young men > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. Death > Fiction. Friendship > Fiction. Bereavement > Fiction. Jeunes hommes > Romans, nouvelles, etc. Young men. Fictional Work Psychological fiction. Bildungsromans. Romans.