ISBN The Years book 528 pages

As the Pargiters a middle-class English 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 and Empire and the rise of Fascism. Engaging with a painful struggle between utopian hopefulness and crippled with despair the novel is a savage indictment of Virginia Woolf's society but its bitter sadness is relieved by the longing for some better way of life where `freedom and justice' might really be possible. This is Virginia Woolf's longest novel and the one she found the most difficult to write. The most popular of all her writings during her lifetime it can now be re-read as the most challengingly political even revolutionary of all her books. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more.