Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf

Jacob's Room

Virginia Woolf

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced

210 pages | first published 1922

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He left everything just as it was.... Did he think he would come back?" Jacob's Room" was the first book in Virginia Woolf's unique, experimental style, making it an important text of early Modernism. Ostensibly, the story is about the life of Jac...
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Moods

reflective 71%
challenging 55%
emotional 25%
mysterious 16%
sad 16%
relaxing 14%
dark 12%
inspiring 10%
informative 7%
adventurous 5%
funny 5%
hopeful 3%
lighthearted 3%
tense 3%

Pace

slow 68%
medium 27%
fast 3%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 85% | N/A: 8% | A mix: 6%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 52% | No: 22% | Yes: 22% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 40% | No: 36% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 6%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 82% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 44% | It's complicated: 35% | No: 15% | N/A: 4%

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3.4

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