I haven’t read any of her work yet, but I’ve heard great things about Virginia Woolf. I’m interested in giving her a try – what would you recommend for a beginner?
I don’t know that there’s a “beginner” in that’s good for her necessarily. I started *A Room of One’s Own* three times before finishing it, I found it hard to get into, but that might just have been a spot where I was at in life at that time. So I guess I’m saying I personally wouldn’t recommend starting there, lol.
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Her book to the lighthouse was the first book I ever read that was pure stream of consciousness. It was a little confusing and blurry in the beginning but by page fifty I was really into and was used to the way it was written. I would recommend not focusing too hard on each individual word with these types of books and just sit like a fly on a wall trying to eavesdrop and let the information wash over you. Eventually you will understand the context of things and start to get a clear picture you just have to be a little patient.
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Mrs Dalloway is my favorite.
I don’t know that there’s a “beginner” in that’s good for her necessarily. I started *A Room of One’s Own* three times before finishing it, I found it hard to get into, but that might just have been a spot where I was at in life at that time. So I guess I’m saying I personally wouldn’t recommend starting there, lol.
Her book to the lighthouse was the first book I ever read that was pure stream of consciousness. It was a little confusing and blurry in the beginning but by page fifty I was really into and was used to the way it was written. I would recommend not focusing too hard on each individual word with these types of books and just sit like a fly on a wall trying to eavesdrop and let the information wash over you. Eventually you will understand the context of things and start to get a clear picture you just have to be a little patient.