對於研究現代文學的學生而言，弗吉尼亞·伍爾夫的作品是必讀的。《弗吉尼亞·伍爾夫》語言簡明、資料豐富，介紹瞭伍爾夫其人其作，並論述瞭布魯姆斯伯裏文學團體對其創作發展所産生的重要影響。書中有對伍爾夫主要作品的詳細分析，包括《到燈塔去》、《達羅衛夫人》、《浪》及其他重要短篇小說。研究伍爾夫的學生均能從中獲益。

For students of modern literature, the works of Virginia Woolf are essential reading. In her novels, short stories, essays, polemical pamphlets and in her private letters she explored, questioned and refashioned everything about modern life: cinema, sexuality, shopping, education, feminism, politics and war. Her elegant and startlingly original sentences became a model of modernist prose. This is a clear and informative introduction to Woolf's life, works, and cultural and critical contexts, explaining the importance of the Bloomsbury group in the development of her work. It covers the major works in detail, including To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway, The Waves and the key short stories. As well as providing students with the essential information needed to study Woolf, Jane Goldman suggests further reading to allow students to find their way through the most important critical works. All students of Woolf will find this a useful and illuminating overview of the field.