pickIt‘s a great day for some Brontë research! I feel like I‘ve emerged from my chrysalis like a cicada— this past Spring Semester was the hardest so far.
I learned Yiddish, made two websites, did three digital humanities projects, read over a thousand pages, including three textbooks, and wrote over 50 pages.
It sounds weird but, after all that, focusing on just one paper feels almost luxurious.
#StorySettings #River
Laing‘s walk down the River Ouse, looking at the roles the river has had through history. This is also the river that Virginia Wolf drowned herself in
so-soI thought I‘d love this book - but i didn‘t ! It was difficult to engage with - I lost interest and probably didn‘t read it in enough detail and as a result found myself confused over who was who . It follows three women‘s lives over several decades one being Virginia Woolf - it‘s written very well - but not for me I‘m afraid .
I've been missing Proust in the morning, so decided to return to Woolf. I read the first two volumes of her diary a few years ago, so starting with Volume 3. There was immediate comfort to be back in her prose.
pick10-11 Mar 24 (audiobook)
A masterpiece. Woolf lectures to female undergraduates about female authors and surmises the very practical reasons there was no female Shakespeare. A surprisingly funny and entertaining look at women‘s place in literature and, by extension, society (via a very white English lens.)
Read by the amazing Tilda Swinton. I immediately ordered a hard copy of this (and some of Woolf‘s other texts) to re-read.
Highly recommend.
Happy International Women's Day! 🩷🩷🩷
On this day (and many many others) I tend to think about my favorite female author ever, Virginia Woolf! 🥰 Her work has come to mean so much to me over the years, particularly her book, Mrs. Dalloway!
pickWe follow 6 friends from they‘re going off the school and will into old age. At times I wasn‘t sure about who was talking, but maybe that wasn‘t the point?
There‘s something compelling in Wolf‘s writing that makes me read on
Hey, good news #Midwintersolace friends! 😍
Our #Hyggehour readathon has been so popular that we've decided to continue it. Join with a weekly hours read, knowing somewhere in the 🌏 a Litten is reading alongside you.
Every Sunday 8-9pm (your time zone) - get comfy and cosy, setting yourself up for a relaxing hour. A reset for the week ahead.
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.
~Virginia Woolf
Happy Birthday Virginia !
