The Years by Virginia Woolf

The Years

Virginia Woolf

383 pages • first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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As the Pargiters, a middle-class London family, move from the oppressive confines of the Victorian home of the 1880s to the 'present day' of the 1930s, they are weighed down by the pressures of war, the social strictures of patriarchy, capitalism ...

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Community Reviews

3.71
based on 832 reviews

Moods

reflective: 91%

challenging: 47%

emotional: 29%

hopeful: 17%

sad: 11%

relaxing: 10%

lighthearted: 8%

mysterious: 7%

funny: 5%

inspiring: 4%

dark: 2%

informative: 2%

adventurous: 1%

tense: 1%

Pace

2% of readers chose fast
26% of readers chose medium
70% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
5% of readers chose A mix
90% of readers chose Character
1% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

44% of readers chose Yes
26% of readers chose Complicated
23% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

39% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
83% of readers chose No
1% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

29% of readers chose Yes
49% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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