The Pargiters (First Edition)

Subtitle: The novel-essay portion of THE YEARS

First edition. London: The Hogarth Press, 1978. 8vo. Original red cloth hardcover in original unclipped dust jacket. Pages: xliv, 167. Edited with an introduction by Mitchell A. Leaska. Jacket designed by Angelica Garnett.

Very good in like dust jacket. Dust jacket unclipped, toned along edges and creases, spine slightly sunned. Hardcover boards near fine, gilding on spine bright and colours true. Contents very good, a few spots on foredge. Otherwise, clean and bright.

Woolf's collection of essays exploring themes around women's education, social restrictions, and the contrast between public and private lives - material that complements the family saga depicted in "The Years," which follows the Pargiter family through several decades.

In 1931, after delivering a lecture to the Society for Women's Service about women and employment, Woolf became captivated by the idea of creating an "essay-cum-novel" that would express her beliefs on feminism, politics, education, and life, the writings in this book are a part of what became of this.

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