# Jacob's Room

By Virginia Woolf.

"Jacob's Room" by Virginia Woolf is a novel published in 1922. The story follows Jacob Flanders from childhood through Cambridge and into adulthood in pre-war England, but with a radical twist: Jacob himself remains elusive, known only through the impressions of others. Women in his life—including the reserved Clara Durrant and bohemian artist Florinda—provide glimpses of a man who exists more as absence than presence. This experimental modernist work haunts readers with its void at the center, presenting a protagonist through memories and sensations rather than concrete reality. (Summary by Project Gutenberg, written by machine.)

- Language: English
- Subjects: England -- Fiction; Psychological fiction; Young men -- Fiction; World War, 1914-1918 -- England -- Fiction; Experimental fiction

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## Audiobooks of it

- [Jacob's Room](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/3274) by Virginia Woolf (6 h 5 min, English)
- [Jacob's Room (version 2)](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/books/librivox/8552) by Virginia Woolf (5 h 58 min, English)

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