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Whenever I read Woolf, I think of water, and not just for the obvious reasons. To read her here is to stand among vast currents, rushing forward and back, to imagine we're swimming away, only to see we've gone in the opposite direction, to be forcibly reminded of the contemporaneous present.
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I re-read this along with The Hours in December 2022 and wow! what a different experience. I loved it all and want to explore more of Woolf's work. LOVED this edition, especially the foreward by Jenny Offil.
from my original reading in 2017 (3-stars):
Read Harder - published between 1900 and 1950 (originally in 1923)
I decided to read this when I was almost done with The Hours ... I wanted to see how the original compared with the retelling. I liked this ok - parts were brilliant, but parts were al ...more
from my original reading in 2017 (3-stars):
Read Harder - published between 1900 and 1950 (originally in 1923)
I decided to read this when I was almost done with The Hours ... I wanted to see how the original compared with the retelling. I liked this ok - parts were brilliant, but parts were al ...more
Mar 27, 2014
Claire Jefferies
marked it as to-read
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Jun 24, 2014
Alaina
rated it
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