Intermission

Author: (English) Virginia Woolf
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: Interludes tells a story that takes place on one day in June 1939 in a village in central England with a history of over 500 years, depicting a picture of rural life. The author uses the technique of polyphonic novel, setting up two narrative threads: one primarily narrates the story of the Oliver family of local gentry, and the other tells the story of Lady Ratchett guiding villagers in performing an outdoor historical drama. These two threads sometimes run parallel and sometimes intersect, forming a complex picture. The author skillfully combines the past with the present, history with reality, art with life, and stage drama with life drama through this method.