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World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the Year That Changed Literature
World Broke in Two: Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, D. H. Lawrence, E. M. Forster and the Year That Changed Literature | Bill Goldstein
A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of revered authors Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster and D. H. Lawrence during 1922, the birth year of modernismThe World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers, Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence, make over the course of one pivotal year. As 1922 begins, all four are literally at a loss for words, confronting an uncertain creative future despite success in the past. The literary ground is shifting, as Ulysses is published in February and Proust's In Search of Lost Time begins to be published in England in the autumn. Yet, dismal as their prospects seemed in January, by the end of the year Woolf has started Mrs. Dalloway, Forster has, for the first time in nearly a decade, returned to work on the novel that will become A Passage to India, Lawrence has written Kangaroo, his unjustly neglected and most autobiographical novel, and Eliot has finished--and published to acclaim--"The Waste Land."As Willa Cather put it, "The world broke in two in 1922 or thereabouts," and what these writers were struggling with that year was in fact the invention of modernism. Based on original research, Bill Goldstein's The World Broke in Two captures both the literary breakthroughs and the intense personal dramas of these beloved writers as they strive for greatness.
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niluferplum
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Susannah
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Listening to this on audiobook, and I am so frustrated! I really want to know more about the writers it focuses on, but it‘s just a series of primary source quotes tied together. I hate to DNF it, but I‘m so close. 😒

KikiLovesBooks Awww. That‘s a shame. 7y
Susannah @KikiLovesBooks I know! It doesn't help, I'm sure, that I had a frustrating day at work, which means that my patience with this audiobook was nil during my evening commute. 😆 7y
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These people were messed up! I think I'll read their books! 😄

Leftcoastzen 😂 Messed up people write the best books😀 7y
RealBooks4ever @Leftcoastzen Let the reading begin! 💜😄📚 7y
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Finished this audiobook as part of #NonFictionNovember on my commute in this morning. About the year 1922 and the events in the world and the lives of Woolf, Elliot, Lawrence and Forster- and the works that altered literature. Jacob‘s Room and the writing of Mrs. Dalloway, The Wasteland, writing A Passage to India and for Lawrence the obscenity trials over W. In L. Influenza and Proust and Ulysses figure prominently in all stories. Well done- 4⭐️

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My next commute read- #NonFictionNovember about the year 1922 when literature changed- the title is a quote from Willa Cather. I am very interested in this time in literature and these authors- read by Bill Goldstein himself.

Lacythebookworm That sounds brilliant! 7y
DivineDiana This sounds fascinating! Stacked! 7y
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ChrisBohjalian
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I love reading a great book at a bar. Big props to the bartender who suggested the Pinot Grigio and Bill Goldstein for this gem.

KikiLovesBooks I want to read this! EM Forster is my favorite! ❤️ 7y
Booksnchill Audio is great- read by the author. Love the way the stories intertwine and the significance of the influenza outbreak. 7y
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1922, quite the year for literature!

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Goldstein does a fine job of blending biographical and critical commentary, holding focus on four writers and the space of one year, framing them with what was happening in the literary world, showing them in contact with and in relation to other writers. It's not a good starting point for anyone who is not familiar with the work of these writers, but if you are, it will expand your understanding of them and their work. https://goo.gl/EEjJko

RealBooks4ever This sounds fascinating just as a biography! 💜 8y
tracyrowanreads @RealBooks4ever It really does give the reader a good overview of these author's. 8y
tracyrowanreads Authors. Damn autocorrect 8y
RealBooks4ever 😆😆😆 8y
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Finishing up the Goldstein today, so my Thrift Books order is timely.

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