Virginia Woolf
In my Great War and Modernism class we will be reading the novel Mrs. Dalloway, written by Virginia Woolf. It is a book that was highly experimental, deeply involving, and impressionistic for her time. Today we took a trip to her home. It’s formally called Monk’s house. It’s a weather-boarded cottage embedded in wild gardens and beautiful scenery. I noticed that inside her house there were a lot of thought provoking novels, many of which were war books. She had a separate room set aside for her writing. Inside of the room were pictures of all the people that visited her home, one of them being T.S. Elliott. It’s sad because we learned upon the visit that she had committed suicide.
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I love reading your blog. You are so informative. I can't wait to get the chance to adventure to England, etc. This seems like the best way to do it, with all the culture wrapped up in school! Have a blast. We're thinking of you!
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