Overview
El libro que inspiró la película Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
Una historia de amor y una revolucionaria comedia de costumbres por la gran Virginia Woolf, autora de Orlando y Una habitación propia.
Segunda novela de Virginia Woolf, Noche y día es una historia de amor y una comedia de costumbres en la mejor tradición de Jane Austen acerca de los conflictos a los que se enfrentan dos parejas al tratar de formalizar su relación. Sin embargo, la trama también cuestiona esa herencia literaria a la luz de la sensibilidad moderna. El resultado es una novela a la vez clásica y renovadora, en la que se señala el choque entre las expectativas de la sociedad y los anhelos personales, y se exploran temas como el sufragio femenino, la fugacidad de la experiencia y la posibilidad de alcanzar relaciones igualitarias.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The book that inspired the film Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
A love story and a revolutionary comedy of manners by the great Virginia Woolf, author of Orlando and A Room of One's Own.
Virginia Woolf's second novel, Night and Day is a love story and comedy of manners in the best tradition of Jane Austen about the conflicts faced by two couples when trying to formalize their relationship. However, the plot also questions that literary heritage in the light of modern sensibility. The result is a novel that is both classic and renewing, in which the clash between society's expectations and personal desires is pointed out, and themes such as women's suffrage, the transience of experience and the possibility of achieving egalitarian relationships are explored.
Una historia de amor y una revolucionaria comedia de costumbres por la gran Virginia Woolf, autora de Orlando y Una habitación propia.
Segunda novela de Virginia Woolf, Noche y día es una historia de amor y una comedia de costumbres en la mejor tradición de Jane Austen acerca de los conflictos a los que se enfrentan dos parejas al tratar de formalizar su relación. Sin embargo, la trama también cuestiona esa herencia literaria a la luz de la sensibilidad moderna. El resultado es una novela a la vez clásica y renovadora, en la que se señala el choque entre las expectativas de la sociedad y los anhelos personales, y se exploran temas como el sufragio femenino, la fugacidad de la experiencia y la posibilidad de alcanzar relaciones igualitarias.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
The book that inspired the film Virginia Woolf's Night & Day
A love story and a revolutionary comedy of manners by the great Virginia Woolf, author of Orlando and A Room of One's Own.
Virginia Woolf's second novel, Night and Day is a love story and comedy of manners in the best tradition of Jane Austen about the conflicts faced by two couples when trying to formalize their relationship. However, the plot also questions that literary heritage in the light of modern sensibility. The result is a novel that is both classic and renewing, in which the clash between society's expectations and personal desires is pointed out, and themes such as women's suffrage, the transience of experience and the possibility of achieving egalitarian relationships are explored.
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