“Jacob’s Room”

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modernist novel novel

“Jacob’s Room” is a modernist novel by Virginia Woolf that experiments with narrative form and character portrayal to depict the fragmented life and inner world of a young man in early 20th-century England.

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Label	Occurrences
Jacob's Room (radio adaptation)	1
“Jacob’s Room” canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	modernist novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
author	Virginia Woolf ⓘ
containsMotif	letters ⓘ rooms and spaces ⓘ the sea ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
criticalReception	praised for its innovative style ⓘ
depicts	the inner world of a young man in early 20th-century England ⓘ
explores	fragmentation of experience ⓘ subjective perception ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	hardcover ⓘ
firstPublishedIn	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
focus	character impression rather than plot ⓘ
followedBy	Mrs. Dalloway ⓘ surface form: Mrs Dalloway
genre	literary fiction ⓘ modernist literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation	“Jacob’s Room” self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Jacob's Room (radio adaptation)
hasCharacter	Betty Flanders ⓘ Captain Barfoot ⓘ Clara Durrant ⓘ Florinda ⓘ Jacob Flanders ⓘ Sandra Wentworth Williams ⓘ Timmy Durrant ⓘ
includedIn	20th-century English literature canon ⓘ
literaryMovement	Modernism ⓘ
mainCharacter	Jacob Flanders ⓘ
narrativePerspective	shifting third-person perspectives ⓘ
narrativeStyle	stream of consciousness ⓘ
narrativeTechnique	fragmented narrative ⓘ
notableFor	experimental narrative form ⓘ indirect characterization of the protagonist ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
precededBy	Night and Day ⓘ
publicationYear	1922 ⓘ
publisher	Hogarth Press ⓘ
settingLocation	England ⓘ
settingPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ
structure	episodic ⓘ
style	impressionistic description ⓘ lyrical prose ⓘ
theme	identity ⓘ isolation ⓘ memory ⓘ the impact of war ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ

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Hogarth Press → notableWorkPublished → “Jacob’s Room” ⓘ

“Jacob’s Room” → hasAdaptation → “Jacob’s Room” self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Jacob's Room

this entity surface form: Jacob's Room (radio adaptation)