Virginia Woolf Puns

So I’ve read stream of conciousness styled prose before, but for the life of me I can’t seem to figure out decisively whats going on?

I’ve read it from line to line and can’t seem to absorb hardly anything. I don’t think even Portrait of an Artist by Jamss joyce was nearly as overwhelming as this book.

Does anyone have any tips on the proper mind set to read this book?

How long did it take for you to finish it? I wanted to get started on woolf's literature and decided waves was the perfect one to start with. Honestly, when I heard the term 'poetic novel' this wasn't what I expected (don't get me wrong, I'm loving it) It's a tough read, and quarter way through I wanted to give up and then Idk, I realized that the novel is in the form of streams of consciousness of the characters and that fucking blew my mind, and made my understanding of the book much easier. I'm LOVING it soo much right now, but it's been 2 months and I'm only half way through (I can't binge read at the moment cause well, exams, school and all that)

Interestingly, or morbidly; Cortana quotes from Virginia Woolf's suicide note during the final level of the game (I've bolded out which lines I know for certain Cortana quotes, I might have missed some):

>Dearest, I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what seems the best thing to do. You have given me the greatest possible happiness. You have been in every way all that anyone could be. I don't think two people could have been happier till this terrible disease came. I can't fight any longer. I know that I am spoiling your life, that without me you could work. And you will I know. You see I can't even write this properly. I can't read. What I want to say is I owe all the happiness of my life to you. You have been entirely patient with me and incredibly good. I want to say that - everybody knows it. If anybody could have saved me it would have been you. Everything has gone from me but the certainty of your goodness. I can't go on spoiling your life any longer. I don't think two people could have been happier than we have been.

I was reading this article about Virginia Woolf and there's a couple of bits about her writing process that I found interesting. I'm hoping there are some Woolf connoisseurs here who might be able to expand a bit on these.

>Unlike her previous books, Woolf approached Mrs. Dalloway deliberately, with great forethought (“I am laboriously dredging my mind for Mrs. Dalloway & bringing up light buckets,” she wrote).

I know there are writers who don't outline and just start writing without knowing anything about the story, which I find unimaginable, this quote seems to be saying that, with the exception of Mrs Dalloway, Woolf was one such writer. Is that true?

Has she ever spoken on the topic of whether she outlines and how much? She must have, given this quote.

>By the fall, however, the underlying theme of the novel had presented itself: “Mrs Dalloway has branched into a book;” she wrote in October, “…I adumbrate here a study of insanity & suicide: the world seen by the sane & the insane side by side—something like that.”

This part seems to suggest she didn't know the theme of the novel when she began writing. Is this indeed so?

Is that typical of her writing?

Basically title... Any writers out there? I'd love to chat. I've been told I need to find someone who could deal with me being encompassed by my imagination, preferably someone older, for whom a simple pastime with red wine and a good book doesn't sound boring. The only people who come to mind so far are dead women authors on my shelves...

*Bonus points if you're in Ontario - I need a hug :’)

I recently decided to get into more classic literature and stumbled upon Virginia Woolf after watching the Netflix Show "Sex Education" and read "A room of One's Own" by her which is a classic feminist essay, but in my opinion dragged quite a bit. I enjoyed her writing style a lot tho, so I ordered another book of hers "Mrs Dalloway"

The way Woolf used indirect speech and the flow of consciousness was a thing I have never read before and I was so intrigued even tho the book has nearly zero plot. I mean the whole thing takes place in one day.

The jumping between characters thoughts was also done so well and it was so interesting to see the same scenery through different eyes. It was just an absolutely wonderful book

Hello! I read Mrs. Dalloway and loved the way there was so much depth in something so simple. It followed a single day but explored so many topics and gave a lot of insight into the characters. I usually like when you can question the narrator and analyze every detail.

Her husbands name was Leonard and she too died at age 59

I’m listening to the book at the moment. I’m curious as to the impression it made on others and what others believed it was about, among other things, besides discussions about the stylistic innovations regarding first-person stream of consciousness narration. I’m moreso curious as to how people perceive the content, characters, plot (or lack thereof), themes, motifs, and whatnot of the novel.

Thank you.

besides therapy i mean

Thank you!

Can anyone please recommend virginia woolf novels for me. I'm currently reading To the lighthouse and I'm in love with her simple, clean style.

"Art transforms experience rather than merely reflecting it"

Quiet descended on her, calm, content, as her needle, drawing the silk smoothly to its gentle pause, collected the green folds together and attached them, very lightly, to the belt. So on a summer's day waves collect, overbalance, and fall; collect and fall; and the whole world seems to be saying "that is all" more and more ponderously, until even the heart in the body which lies in the sun on the beach says too, That is all. Fear no more, says the heart. Fear no more, says the heart, committing its burden to some sea, which sighs collectively for all sorrows, and renews, begins, collects, lets fall. And the body alone listens to the passing bee; the wave breaking; the dog barking, far away barking and barking.

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I want to read Virginia Woolf but not sure where to start. Any recommendations on where to start if I’ve not yet read any of her work before?