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Despite having read and loved A Room of One's Own, I had not yet read any of Woolf's fiction. Actually, I had attempted to read this once before, but my brain bounced right off of it, so I put it back on the shelves for another time.
THIS WAS THAT TIME.
Listen, I am fully aware that I missed a lot of this book. I know almost nothing of London, and it took me an embarrassingly long time to fully realize that this takes place right after WWI, not WWII. There were parts of this book that I strained t ...more
THIS WAS THAT TIME.
Listen, I am fully aware that I missed a lot of this book. I know almost nothing of London, and it took me an embarrassingly long time to fully realize that this takes place right after WWI, not WWII. There were parts of this book that I strained t ...more
Oh, oh, oh. I love how perfectly heartbreaking and yet, what, celebratory this is? Every time I re-read it it is like looking at the world in a new way.
I have been meaning to get to this for a long time, but I guess the universe didn't want me to meet Mrs. Dalloway until my main concerns were parties, social awkwardness, and mortality, because OH MY GOD this book is everything.
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I probably would have enjoyed it much more if I read it with a class where we could have discussed the finer points of the lovely writing. Instead listened to it while prepping for a 4th of July party and was underwhelmed by the almost non-existent plot.
Apr 11, 2017
Aimee
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