Me and Woolf, Woolf and me

[Michael]

It was during my university years, that I was introduced to the writings of Virginia Woolf. Thus, assisting my quest on that discovery of who I am.

In her novel, "Mrs. Dalloway", Septimus is a shell-shocked WW I vet, unable to cope with his reintegration into society. He will literally give his life, so that others may be awakened to the heaviness of his condition (such as the doctor, who dismissed Septimus' post traumatic depression as trivial).

So too, would V.W. terminate her life, willfully... So that others may benefit from a better understanding of that darkness from their depression (such as myself)?

Anyways, her novel, "Orlando", which I've been meaning to read for years. But, well, you know...

So, I have opened that gift bestowed upon me years ago, and finally begun to read "Orlando"