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    Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
    Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
    Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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    Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)

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    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Virginia Woolf’.

    Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Woolf includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateJul 17, 2017
    ISBN9781788770583
    Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
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    Virginia Woolf

    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.

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      Freshwater by Virginia Woolf - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) - Virginia Woolf

      The Complete Works of

      VIRGINIA WOOLF

      VOLUME 12 OF 29

      Freshwater

      Parts Edition

      By Delphi Classics, 2014

      Version 8

      COPYRIGHT

      ‘Freshwater’

      Virginia Woolf: Parts Edition (in 29 parts)

      First published in the United Kingdom in 2017 by Delphi Classics.

      © Delphi Classics, 2017.

      All rights reserved.  No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form other than that in which it is published.

      ISBN: 978 1 78877 058 3

      Delphi Classics

      is an imprint of

      Delphi Publishing Ltd

      Hastings, East Sussex

      United Kingdom

      Contact: [email protected]

      www.delphiclassics.com

      Virginia Woolf: Parts Edition

      This eBook is Part 12 of the Delphi Classics edition of Virginia Woolf in 29 Parts. It features the unabridged text of Freshwater from the bestselling edition of the author’s Complete Works. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. Our Parts Editions feature original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of Virginia Woolf, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily.

      Visit here to buy the entire Parts Edition of Virginia Woolf or the Complete Works of Virginia Woolf in a single eBook.

      Learn more about our Parts Edition, with free downloads, via this link or browse our most popular Parts here.

      VIRGINIA WOOLF

      IN 29 VOLUMES

      Parts Edition Contents

      The Novels

      1, The Voyage Out

      2, Night and Day

      3, Jacob’s Room

      4, Mrs. Dalloway

      5, To the Lighthouse

      6, Orlando

      7, The Waves

      8, Flush

      9, The Years

      10, Between the Acts

      The Short Stories

      11, The Complete Short Stories

      The Play

      12, Freshwater

      The Non-Fiction

      13, The Common Reader: First Series

      14, The Common Reader: Second Series

      15, A Room of One’s Own

      16, London Essays

      17, Walter Sickert: A Conversation

      18, Three Guineas

      19, The Death of the Moth and Other Essays

      20, The Moment and Other Essays

      21, Roger Fry: A Biography

      22, On Being Ill

      23, The Captain’s Death Bed and Other Essays

      24, Granite and Rainbow

      25, Books and Portraits

      26, Women and Writing

      27, Uncollected Essays

      The Memoirs

      28, Moments of Being

      29, Writer’s Diary

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      Freshwater

      Virginia Woolf’s only play, Freshwater, was not published until 1976, when Lucio P. Ruotolo edited a version of the drama. The play was written in 1923 during the composition of Mrs. Dalloway as a light diversion from such a demanding and draining project. Freshwater was revised in 1935 and staged at a party at Vanessa Bell’s art studio, being the only performance of the work during Woolf’s lifetime. Leonard Woolf, the artist Duncan Grant, Bell’s daughter Angelica and Bell herself all took parts in the play, which was intended as a private work for the entertainment of the author’s friends and family. The most striking and unusual element of Freshwater is that, unlike Woolf’s other texts, it is a comedy and very frivolous in tone. There is a real lightness and almost absurd poetry to

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