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Between the Acts
Between the Acts
Author: Virginia Woolf
The definitive edition of Virginia Woolf's last and most lyrical work containing the original text she was working on at the time of her death. The story takes place at Pointz Hall, the country home of the Oliver family for 120 years, and revolves around the village pageant which aspires to present the entire history of England from the Midd...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780156118705
ISBN-10: 015611870X
Publication Date: 10/21/1970
Pages: 228
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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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It is set in rural England within a single day in 1939. Worlds meet, but never unite. Miss La Trobe has organised a pageant, a dramatic version of 'Orlando'. During the performance the spectators are held together. Unity apprears to be triumphant. But not for long. When the play ends they fall apart again. And even between the acts the semblance of unity is lost...

'Miss La Trobe is Virginia Woolf's burlesque of herself as artist, and through her she states the truth about the artist and his unceasing endeavour to make his audience see'.
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