The Years by Virginia Woolf

The Years

Virginia Woolf

468 pages first pub 1937 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced

Description

The Years is a sweeping tale of three generations of the Pargiter family, from the late nineteenth century to the 1930s, in the thick of life's cycles of birth, death, and the search for a pattern in all the chaos. Annotated and with an introducti...

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Community Reviews Summary of 432 reviews

Moods

reflective 82%
challenging 56%
emotional 8%
hopeful 8%
relaxing 8%
informative 4%
lighthearted 4%
mysterious 4%

Pace

slow 86%
medium 9%
fast 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 95% | A mix: 5%

Strong character development?

Yes: 47% | It's complicated: 26% | No: 21% | N/A: 5%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 38% | It's complicated: 33% | No: 16% | N/A: 11%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 84% | Yes: 10% | It's complicated: 5%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 52% | No: 29% | Yes: 17%

Average rating

3.71

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