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  • Published: 2 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9780241372500
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $17.99

Between the Acts





Virginia Woolf's final novel, now in Penguin Black Classics

Outwardly a novel about life in a country-house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, Between the Acts is also a striking evocation of English experience in the months leading up to the Second World War.

Through dialogue, humour and the passionate musings of the characters, Virginia Woolf explores how a community is formed (and scattered) over time. The pageant, a series of scenes from English history, and the private dramas that go on between the acts, are closely interlinked. Through the figure of Miss La Trobe, and author of the pageant, Virginia Woolf questions imperialist assumptions and, at the same time, re-creates the elusive role of the artist.

  • Published: 2 May 2019
  • ISBN: 9780241372500
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $17.99

About the author

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.

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