Night and Day
Night and Day by Virginia Woolf, published by National Geographic Books in 1996, is a reprint edition comprising 496 pages in English. This novel presents a social comedy that delves into the complexities of personal freedom and the expectations of love. The story centers on Katharine Hilbery, a beautiful and privileged woman grappling with her future as she faces a choice between the conventional poet William Rodney and the passionate Ralph Denham. The narrative intertwines with the lives of two other women, Mary Datchet and Katharine’s mother, Margaret, each influencing Katharine’s journey in unexpected ways.
Readers will find that Night and Day explores themes of love, societal expectations, and the nature of experience. Woolf’s second novel not only functions as a love story and social comedy but also challenges traditional narratives surrounding women’s roles. This edition includes a detailed introduction by Julia Briggs, which examines the novel’s key themes and its significance within the social comedy genre, along with a map of central London from the period and additional notes.
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An immaculately-observed social comedy that explores the boundaries between personal freedom and the demands of love
Katharine Hilbery is beautiful and privileged, but uncertain of her future. She must choose between becoming engaged to the oddly prosaic poet William Rodney, and her dangerous attraction to the passionate Ralph Denham. As she struggles to decide, the lives of two other women—women’s rights activist Mary Datchet and Katharine’s mother, Margaret, struggling to weave together the documents, events and memories of her own father’s life into a biography—impinge on hers with unexpected and intriguing consequences. Virginia Woolf’s delicate second novel is both a love story and a social comedy, yet it also subtly undermines these traditions, questioning a woman’s role and the very nature of experience. This edition of Night and Day includes a detailed introduction by Julia Briggs, which considers the key themes of the novel and its place in the tradition of social comedy, a map of central London of the period and notes.
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