Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf · 1922 · Novel
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It marked a significant departure from traditional narrative, using fragmented perspectives and indirect characterization to portray a life, foreshadowing her later stream-of-consciousness works.
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The novel constructs the character of Jacob Flanders through the impressions and observations of others, as well as descriptions of his possessions and surroundings. It explores the difficulty of truly knowing another person.
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