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Virginia Woolf: books and prizes

Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist born in London. Her novels include Mrs Dalloway, published in 1925, and To the Lighthouse, published in 1927. Her book-length essay A Room of One's Own appeared in 1929 and her last novel, Between the Acts, was published after her death in 1941.^1,2,3

Works, in order of first publication

1. 1915The Voyage Out³novel
2. 1919Night and Day³novel
3. 1919Kew Gardens³short stories
4. 1921Monday or Tuesday³short stories
5. 1922Jacob's Room³novel
6. 1925The Common Reader³essays
7. 1925Mrs Dalloway^3,2novel
8. 1927To the Lighthouse^3,2Britannica gives the publication date 5 May 1927novel
9. 1928Orlando, A Biography^3,2novel
10. 1929A Room of One's Own^3,2essays
11. 1931The Waves^3,2novel
12. 1933Flush, A Biography^3,2novel
13. 1937The Years^3,2novel
14. 1938Three Guineas^3,2essays
15. 1940Roger Fry, A Biography^3,2non-fiction
16. 1941Between the Acts^3,2Published posthumouslynovel

Sources

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Virginia Woolf, Encyclopaedia Britannica (accessed 2026-10-28)
2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, A Room of One's Own and other major works, Encyclopaedia Britannica (accessed 2026-10-28)
3. Gale, via Encyclopedia.com, Woolf, Virginia, Principal Works, Feminism in Literature, A Gale Critical Companion (accessed 2026-10-28)