Virginia Woolf was already an accomplished novelist and critic when she was commissioned by the British edition of Good Housekeeping to write a series entitled "Six Articles on London Life." Originally published bimonthly, beginning in December 1931, five of the essays were eventually collected and published in 1981. The sixth essay, "Portrait of a Londoner," had been missing from Woolf's oeuvre until it was rediscovered at the University of Sussex in 2004. Ecco is honored to publish the complete collection in the United States for the first time. </p>

A walking tour of Woolf's beloved hometown, The London Scene begins at the London Docks and follows Woolf as she visits several iconic sites throughout the city, including the Oxford Street shopping strip, John Keats's house on Hampstead Heath, Thomas Carlyle's house in Chelsea, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament. </p>

These six essential essays capture Woolf at her best, exploring modern consciousness through the prism of 1930s London while simultaneously painting an intimate, touching portrait of this sprawling metropolis and its fascinating inhabitants. </p>

弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫（1882-1941），20世纪伟大的小说家，现代主义文学潮流的先锋和代表作家。她对英语语言革新良多，在小说中尝试意识流的写作方法，试图去描绘人们心底的潜意识，从而拓宽了文学的疆域。她在创作和文学评论两方面都有卓越的贡献。主要作品有《墙上的斑点》、《海浪》、《到灯塔去》、《雅各布的房间》、《黛洛维夫人》、《普通读者》。