The-Legacy

Introduction•AnEnglishauthor,essayist,publisher,andwriterofshortstories,regardedasoneoftheforemostmodernistliteraryfiguresofthetwentiethcentury.•TheVoyageOut(1915)•Mrs.Dalloway(1925)•TotheLighthouse(1927)•Orlando(1928)•ARoomofOne'sOwn(1929)•TheWaves(1931)•BetweentheActs(1941)VirginiaWoolf(1882-1941)Woolf'sfirstnovelTheVoyageOut(1915)exploredthetensionsexperiencedbywomenwhowantmarriageandacareer.Woolf'smajorworkssuchasMrs.Dalloway(1925),TotheLighthouse(1927),andTheWaves(1931)*rejectedtheboundariesoftraditionalnarrativeform.Shesoughttodevelopastreamofconsciousnessnarrative,thatcouldcapturetheessenceofthesensibility,theexperienceitselfintermsoftime,memory,andconsciousness.SheisconsideredoneofthefoundersoftheModernistmovementTheLegacy•TheTextStructurePartParagraphs•PartIParas1-11•PartIIparas12•PartIIIPara13•PartIVParas14-24RelationshipAngelaGilbertClandonSissyMillerB.MBrotherandsisterEmployeeandsecretarycoupleamousPartI(P1-11)•Mainidea:GilbertmeetsSissyMillerandgivesherthegifthiswifeAngelaleftforher.PartII(P12)InAngela’sdiaryGilbertreadsabouthowshefelt,proudofhimatfirstasapromisingpolitician,andthenabitlonelyathome.PartIIIP13•Angela’sdiaryrevealshowshewenttoworkwiththepoorintheEastEndanddevelopedanaffectionforB.M..PartIV(p14-24)•GilbertfinallycomestorealizethatAngelacommittedsuicideinordertoescapefromhimandrejoinherlover