The Years (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: 1880-1937
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Colonel Abel Pargiter, Eleanor, Edward, Morris, Delia, Milly, Martin, Rose, Celia, North, Peggy, Patrick, Sir Digby Pargiter, Eugenie, Maggie, Sara, René (Renny), Kitty Malone, Nicholas Pomjalovsky, Crosby
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Domestic realism, Family literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Self-discovery, Parents and children, Twentieth century, Nature, Nineteenth century, Middle classes, London, Sick persons, Time, Old age or elderly people
- Locales: London, England
The Story:
On a blustery April afternoon in 1880, Colonel Abel Pargiter sat at the window of his club looking out over Piccadilly. Everyone in the street seemed to have somewhere to go, some end in view. The colonel felt that there was nothing for him. At home, in the shabbily genteel house on Abercorn Terrace, his wife was dying of cancer; he had a family of three sons and four daughters to provide for, he was retired, and he was not rich. He decided to visit his mistress, Mira, who lived in a side street near Westminster Abbey. When he arrived, dusk was already falling; it...
[The entire page is 2915 words long]
Join eNotes
Over 3,500 study guides, question and answer forums, literature criticism, reference content, and much more!
Navigate
See Also
