Between the Acts

Between the Acts

by Virginia Woolf
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Publication Date: 02/01/2026

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"Scraps, orts and fragments." Set on a June day in 1939 at a country house in the English heartland, Between the Acts captures a community suspended in time. As the residents of Pointz Hall gather for the annual village pageant, the distant drone of warplanes serves as a chilling reminder of the world outside. Virginia Woolf's final novel is a brilliant, rhythmic exploration of the spaces between—between the scenes of a play, between individual lives, and between the eras of history. The Canvas of Consciousness: Woolf weaves a tapestry of voices, from the frustrated artist Miss La Trobe to the estranged couple Giles and Isa Oliver. Through her signature stream-of-consciousness style, she examines how art attempts to unify a fragmented society. The pageant itself becomes a mirror held up to England's past, questioning whether history is a coherent story or merely a collection of fleeting moments. A Final, Poetic Testament: Completed shortly before her death, this novel represents Woolf at her most daring and rhythmic. It is a work of extraordinary sensory detail, where the buzzing of a fly or the rustle of a program carries profound weight. Between the Acts is a poignant meditation on the endurance of the creative spirit and the fragile beauty of life in the face of uncertainty. Step into the interval where life and art collide. Purchase "Between the Acts" today and experience the final vision of a modernist pioneer.

ISBN:
9791070053591
9791070053591
Category:
Classic fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
02-01-2026
Language:
English
Publisher:
The Ebook Emporium
Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882. After her father's death in 1904 Virginia and her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell, moved to Bloomsbury and became the centre of ‘The Bloomsbury Group’. This informal collective of artists and writers exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture.

In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. Three years later, her first novel The Voyage Out was published, followed by Night and Day (1919) and Jacob's Room (1922). Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, from Mrs Dalloway (1925) to The Waves (1931).

She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism and biography. On 28 March 1941, a few months before the publication of her final novel, Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf committed suicide.

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