Virginia Woolf was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Orlando. Jacob Flanders is a lonely young man in turmoil. He loves classical culture, but it"s hard to square that with the chaos of society during World War One.