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This beautifully packaged box set from Vintage Classics includes four of her most influential works—essential reading for lovers of literature, feminism, and modernism.Included in this Collection: To the Lighthouse A poetic meditation on time, memory, and the fragility of human relationships, this modernist masterpiece explores the lives of the Ramsay family and their guests over two transformative visits to the Isle of Skye. Mrs Dalloway Follow Clarissa Dalloway through a single day in post-WWI London. With its stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf paints a vivid portrait of internal conflict, societal expectations, and fleeting moments of beauty. Jacob's Room Woolf’s first experimental novel, Jacob’s Room presents the fragmented life of Jacob Flanders through the eyes of those around him—offering a haunting reflection on war, identity, and memory. A Room of One’s Own \u0026amp; Three Guineas Two groundbreaking feminist essays that examine women’s place in literature and society. 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