The first Woolf I read and also one of the first books that really kickstarted my love of reading! I loved it so much I chose to write my A level final piece on it. Stream of consciousness style but without feeling inaccessible (dont talk to me about James Joyce). I tried The Waves afterwards but found that less gripping. Definitely read Mrs Dalloway!
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By Virginia Woolf. My first Woolf! Two friends and I all read it in succession, and I found it very captivating and moving. A novel about memory and growing up and and noticing and experiencing life in all its richness in the mundanity of a single day...how did she do it?? I think I will make a pilgrimage to Regent’s park now
Jun 6, 2024
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If I’m being completely honest, to the lighthouse is not my favorite Woolf novel, but it is a good introduction to her style. Mrs dalloway is in fact an incredible novel, it threw me into an extreme life crisis and made me break up with my boyfriend of 3 years. The waves is one of her best works ever, but it’s EXTREMELY strange and challenging. Orlando is also honestly one of the best books I’ve ever read, but is sort of an outlier in terms of her usual writing style and content. Its it’s own thing.
Apr 18, 2024
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It is one of those reads that no synopsis of mine can encompass the multitudes hidden within those pages. It is a great comfort if you’re feeling lonely or particularly ‘nuts’ because no one depicts the gnarly & honest nature of internal “madness“ like Woolf. She writes from raw experience—and she’s not trying to teach you anything either. Another thing she does like no one else is demand the readers attention on the overlooked. She follows this modernist/mystic tradition that the mundane & sublime are more alike than we think, if we are truly conscious.
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Feb 14, 2024
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I used to be envious of people who had “MySpace friends” or “tumblr friends”. Now I have PI.FYI friends. Thank you capyboppy for your lovely letter and this illustration of a capybara and a mouse with fruit on our heads, it made me weirdly emotional ❤️
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is gig etiquette dead? Don’t go to a gig if you wanna just talk to your mates! go to a pub it’s what they’re for!
Dec 8, 2024
IT'S OUT MY RECORD IS OUT I LITERALLY AM CRYING. The culmination of 4 plus years of work. I'm...gonna go to bed now!
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