Granite and Rainbow: Essays - The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition

A posthumous collection of twenty-five essays on the art of fiction and the art of biography. "These are aristocrats among essays...witty, beautifully mannered and mellow" (Rumer Godden, New York Herald Tribune). Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.

About the author

VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels, including Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, and Orlando.

Summary

A posthumous collection of twenty-five essays on the art of fiction and the art of biography. "These are aristocrats among essays...witty, beautifully mannered and mellow" (Rumer Godden, New York Herald Tribune). Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.

Product details

• Authors: Virginia Woolf
• Assisted by: Leonard Woolf (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.10.1975
• EAN: 9780156364751
• ISBN: 978-0-15-636475-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Harvest Book; Hb 318; Harvest Book; Hb 318; The Virginia Woolf Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Eastern Europe, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Northern Europe, Scandinavia, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / German, LITERARY CRITICISM: Shakespeare, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Ancient & Classical, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / French, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: European / Scandinavian, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean