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About The Book: One of Virginia Woolf's most ambitious and beautifully written novels, The Years offers a glimpse into the lives of one upper-class English family during the turn of the century. The story begins on a day in 1880 in the household of Colonel Abel Pargiter, whose beloved wife lies still, gradually slipping into death in front of their seven worrisome children. Over the years, deaths, births, marriages, and wars shape each family member s life, but it is through commonplace moments that the essence of each character is revealed. About The Author: VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels. MARK HUSSEY, general editor of Harcourt's annotated Woolf series, is a professor of English and women's and gender studies, and editor of the Woolf Studies Annual, at Pace University. He lives in Upper Nyack, New York. CONTENTS: 1880 ................................................................7 1891 ........................................................................................82 1907 ..................................................................................... 116 1908 ..................................................................................... 131 1910 ..................................................................................... 143 1911 ...................................................................................... 171 1913 ..................................................................................... 190 1914 ..................................................................................... 199 1917 ...................................................................................... 248 1918 ..................................................................................... 268 PRESENT DAY ........................................

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