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Night and Day
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- Narrator
- Juliet Stevenson
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2014
- Run Time
- 18 hours 58 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Classic fiction
What to expect
Critics Review
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Woolf’s second novel, overshadowed by her more famous works, may be more conventionally styled and plotted than her later writings. But – especially experienced through Stevenson’s splendid reading – it presents intriguing characters and modern ideas in the lyrical prose for which Woolf is justly praised. Stevenson flawlessly shifts among characters, offering their conversations as well as their thoughts in accents that capture gender and social class. Her portrayal of Mrs Hilbery, protagonist Katharine’s mother, is particularly fine. She speaks in artificially sweet, patrician accents that match her preference for people who ‘are’ over people who ‘do’. Stevenson’s sensitive, nuanced performance highlights Woolf’s interest in the role of women.
Joyce Saricks, Booklist
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Details
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- Narrator
- Juliet Stevenson
- Duration
- 18 hours 58 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2014
- ISBN
- 9781843797807
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Naxos AudioBooks
- Genre
- Classic fiction
Synopsis
Written before she began her experiments in the writing of fiction, Virginia Woolf’s second novel, Night and Day, is a story about a group of young people trying to discover what it means to fall in love. It asks all the big questions: What does it mean to fall in love? Does marriage grant happiness? What is happiness?
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