Night and Day

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Night and Day is a novel by Virginia Woolf that explores the lives, relationships, and social constraints of young people in Edwardian London, often seen as a bridge between traditional narrative forms and her later experimental style.

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instanceOf novel
author Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
depicts middle-class life in Edwardian London
suffrage-era political engagement
explores conflict between duty and desire
tension between intellect and emotion
features literary family background for Katherine Hilbery
follows The Voyage Out NERFINISHED
genre literary fiction
modernist literature
hasAdaptation radio adaptation
hasCriticalReception often regarded as less experimental than Woolf's later novels
valued for insight into Woolf's developing style
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasTheme class differences
conflict between tradition and change
gender roles
individual freedom
marriage
romantic relationships
social constraints
women's independence
hasTitle Night and Day NERFINISHED
intendedAudience adult readers
isFollowedBy Jacob's Room NERFINISHED
literaryMovement modernism
literarySignificance bridge between Woolf's early realist work and later experimental style
mainCharacter Katherine Hilbery NERFINISHED
Mary Datchet NERFINISHED
Ralph Denham NERFINISHED
William Rodney NERFINISHED
narrativeForm traditional realist form
narrativeStyle third-person narration
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
publicationCentury 20th century
publicationDate 1919
publisher Duckworth NERFINISHED
settingLocation London, England
surface form: London
settingTimePeriod Edwardian era NERFINISHED
structure divided into chapters
workOfAuthor Virginia Woolf NERFINISHED

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“Jacob’s Room” precededBy Night and Day
subject surface form: Jacob's Room