A tribute to the most influential author of
feminist literature.
Virginia Woolf was undeniably one of the most
trail blazing female authors of the 20th century: her opposition
to Victorian aesthetics and her radical renunciation of
literary traditions made her work the forerunner to many
modern classics. Finding an innovative narrative style that
expressed the inner strife and loneliness of the people
portayed in mondernist literature was always more important
to Virginia Woolf than a classical plot inventor of "inner
monologue". Woolf succeeded in coupling this avant-grade
technique with a pronouncedly feminine subjectivity and
autobiographical elements to create such milestones of feministic
literature as Orlando or Mrs. Dalloway, which was given
a new interpretation in the 2003 film version of The
Hours, starring Nicole Kidman in teh role of Virginia
Woolf. However, it was only with The Waves, published
in 1931, that the Woolfian narrative technique of inner
monologue reached it's zenith. Abandoning all traditional
literary paradigms, she filled page after page of what was
probably her most outstanding novel with the interwoven
monologues of six characters who spend a whole day reflecting
on life and death, solitude and relationships, nature and
society. The surging and subsiding of the waves, which ultimately
bury the protaging and subsiding of the waves, which ultimately
bury the protaging beneath them, are a truly autobiographical
metaphor for the ups and downs of Virginia Woolf's life.
In spite of the darkness that overshadowed
her life from the outset, Virginia Woolf's literary legacy-seven
novels and more than 500 essay's and sketches in prose form
- is considered to be one of the brightest stars in the
firmament of contemporary literature to this day. To mark
the 75th anniversary of the publication of the Waves,
Montblanc is launching a 2006 edition of unique writing
instruments dedicated to the memory of the pioneer of feminist
literature: the Virginia Woolf Writers Edition. The gracefull
contours of the black, durable, epoxy resin barrel, with
its gold-plated rings featuring a guilloche pattern of finely
engraved waves, pay tribute to Virginia Woolf most epoch-making
novel, whilst symbolising her unsettled life. The gold-plated
clip, with a faceted ruby, arches over the cap with its
i vory-colored Montblanc star, commemorating the literary
brilliance of her work. Virginia Woolf's signature is engraved
on the cone of the foutnain pen as well as on the front
of the ballpoint pen and the propelling pencil - a fine
engraving on the 18-ct gold nib of the writing instrument
depicts her last resting place: the two elms on the Woolf's
Monks House estate near Sussex.
The Virginia Woolf Writer's Edition is available world
wide only as a limited eidtion - a promise Montblanc guarantees
for every one of its Limited Editions. The edition number
engraved on the cap documents the unique nature of each
writing instrument. This fountain pen is issued in an edition
of 16,000 pieces and the ball point pen is an edition of
18,000 pieces. The propelling pencil, available only as
part if a set together with the fountain pen and ball point
pen, is limited to 4,000 pieces.
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