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Woolf 2015

December 29, 2015 by Drew

WOOLF 2015 editions: Penguin Hardback Modern Classics Mrs. Dalloway – 5+ out of 5, 3/2-3/9 To the Lighthouse – 4.5 out of 5, 5/17-5/24 The Waves – 3.5 out of 5, 9/5-9/20 A Room of One’s Own / Three Guineas – 4 out of 5, 10/30-11/13 Orlando – 3.5 out of 5, 12/5-12/10 For the first time, I’ve hit an author in the Ten Year Catch-Up whose major works I have at least a passing familiarity with – and, for […]

Categories: Features, The Ten Year Catch-Up • Tags: A Room of One's Own, Features, Fiction, Modernism, Mrs. Dalloway, Non-Fiction, Orlando, Recap, Stream of Consciousness, The Ten Year Catch-Up, The Waves, Three Guineas, To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf, Woolf 2015, World War One

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Mrs. Dalloway

March 16, 2015 by Drew

The Short Version: On a June day in the 1920s in London, Clarissa Dalloway is throwing a party.  From the morning to the evening, we follow her and several others about London through what is an ordinary – and completely extraordinary – day. The Review: For the first time, I’ve re-read something that I’ve already reviewed on this blog.  Mrs. Dalloway was one of the first books I read and reviewed here, way back in fall 2009.  This gives me a […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Fiction, Literature, London, Modernism, Mrs. Dalloway, Re-Reads, Reviews, The Ten Year Catch-Up, Virginia Woolf, Woolf 2015

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Mrs. Dalloway

November 22, 2009 by Drew

“For there she was.” Maybe because of the helter-skelter pace of this book and the way it ricochets from character to character, this ending had so much power.  Literally, I felt a jolt of energy as I read that line.  The book, the story, just clicks shut.  As though suddenly the lights went out or the door slammed shut. It was a complicated book, overall. I haven’t had to devote such energy to every single word of a novel in […]

Categories: Cannonball Read II, Fiction, Literary Challenges, Literature • Tags: Book #4, Cannonball Read II, Fiction, Literature, Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf

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