Virginia Woolf

It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party....

To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf’s arresting analysis of domestic family life, centering on the Ramseys and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the early 1900s....

Death of the Moth and Other Essays by Virginia Woolf brings together some of the iconic author's most thought-provoking essays, capturing her sharp intellect, emotional depth, and exquisite prose.

The Ramsay family is on holiday on the Isle of Sky in Scotland. As the family and their guests decide on whether or not to visit a nearby lighthouse, Virginia Woolf spins a tale that focuses on the intricate web of family life and the conflict that occurs between genders....

This is Virginia Woolf’s first collection of essays, published in 1925. In them, she attempts to see literature from the point of view of the ‘common reader’ - someone whom she, with Dr Johnson, distinguished from the critic and the scholar. She read, and wrote, as an outsider: a woman set...

This wonderful collection of 18 short stories includes work by some of literature's most treasured names....

Meet Orlando: a young nobleman in Elizabethan England, poet, lover, adventurer—and, after a transformational sleep, a woman.

Fantasy, love offering, exuberant celebration of English life and literature, Orlando is a uniquely entertaining story....

On a single June day in post-World War I Central London, Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy and fashionable society hostess, prepares for a party....

Virginia Woolf: The Essays contains some of the most important and impactful of Woolf's non-fiction writing, including two essay collections and her most renowned essay: A Room of One's Own.

La primera de las novelas con que Virginia Woolf revolucionó la narrativa de su tiempo La señora Dalloway relata un día en la vida londinense de Clarissa, una dama de....

To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionist depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on a marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny, and bitterness....

Told almost exclusively through other characters' perceptions, conversations and memories, Woolf's groundbreaking novel centres around Jacob Flanders, a young man whose identity is difficult to grasp.

A single day becomes the entirety of a life in Virginia Woolf’s enduring exploration of a woman’s soul and purpose....

Published in 1928, Orlando is a fictional biography that spans several centuries and follows the protagonist, Orlando, an Elizabethan nobleman who undergoes a mysterious gender transformation....

Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflict between men and women....

Based on two lectures Woolf delivered at the University of Cambridge, A Room of One’s Own compellingly argues for women’s intellectual freedom and the importance of financial independence. It is still considered one of the most powerful pieces of feminist writing to this day.

Published in 1938, Three Guineas is Virginia Woolf’s powerful reckoning with war and tyranny, wherein she argues that women’s rights are inherently linked to the struggle against violence.

A bumper collection of accessible classics from the perennially popular BBC Radio 4 series This diverse, wide-ranging anthology features readings of 10 of the greatest books in the English language, taken from the BBC's Book at Bedtime and performed by a stellar cast of narrators. Here are...

The Waves traces the lives of six friends from childhood to old age....