Publisher's Synopsis
The theme that draws all of these pieces together is modernity. Woolf was writing in a world that was forever changed by the catastrophe that was World War One.
About the Publisher
In January 1946, the Penguin Classics list was launched with E. V. Rieu's translation of The Odyssey. The series now consists of over 800 titles including the best in English, American, European, classical and non-western literature and an extensive range of philosophy, religion, art, history and politics titles.
