Virginia Woolf
Paperback | Pages: 355 pages Rating: 4.26 | 3985 Users | 219 Reviews
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| Title | : | A Writer's Diary |
| Author | : | Virginia Woolf |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 355 pages |
| Published | : | March 31st 2003 by Mariner Books (first published 1953) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Language. Writing. Biography. Classics. Autobiography. Memoir |
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An invaluable guide to the art and mind of Virginia Woolf, drawn by her husband from the personal record she kept over a period of twenty-seven years. Included are entries that refer to her own writing, others that are clearly writing exercises; accounts of people and scenes relevant to the raw material of her work; and comments on books she was reading. Edited and with a Preface by Leonard Woolf; Indices.Identify Books As A Writer's Diary
| Original Title: | A Writer's Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf |
| ISBN: | 0156027917 (ISBN13: 9780156027915) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books A Writer's Diary
Ratings: 4.26 From 3985 Users | 219 ReviewsPiece Of Books A Writer's Diary
These diary entries brim over with life, with hunger, with a passion that cannot be contained, with the conflicted need to absorb it all; the lonely walks in the Sussex countryside, the visual and sonorous chaos of life in the city, of incessant travel, mental and otherwise, the unstoppable flow of time, the transience of things, the galloping rhythm of emotions, sensations and the simultaneity of memory, past and present in ones conscience, the tedium of discussions and routine, the truth aboutA full review to come.It has arrived. However most of the, Likes, below referred to a quote of Woolf's in an update status I entered. Then using the magic of my technical skills I lost. Sad. A period of web mourning, yet it appeared again in the review below.What we have here is a reviewer who has been kidnapped. Im sure it will be in tomorrows papers. But how to get out to write the review? Is there anything here to use to be resourceful? Only words. More words. They mount threatening to crush
Intriguing, lovely, reading VW's impressions of books, writing, people is, as always, keenly sharp, flirtatiously experimental and tinged with that self-consciousness of a writer moving in and out of productivity and depressions, the triumph of new forms discovered, goals achieved, and the anxiety of disappointment and despair. Fascininating historically, really moving, personally.
I had forgotten just how meaningful it was to read Woolfs diary entries that involved her writing and literature. Any writer, whether they have read her works or not, will find this book useful. I plan to read it at least yearly (as I do Alice in Wonderland). It gave me such courage, as the genius Woolf shared her insecurities and how she worked through her novels. I have most of her works and have read most many times. I felt the tug to read them from the beginning alongside her diaries (or at
AN incredible book full of insight into Woolf's life, genius, writing and relationships.
Published by Leonard Woolf in 1953, A Writer's Diary compiles literary extracts from Virginia Woolf's full diary: the short collection's entries feature the writer's plans for her own books; her reactions to other writers' works; character sketches and other exercises; and philosophical musings about literature and society. Not a single part of the diary reads as superfluous or superficial. Even at her most informal, Virginia wrote thoughtful and brilliant prose, and Leonard included only the
I meant to read this in small pieces, in between reading other things. But instead: I got hooked. Her relentless pursuit of writing, the tension between the fire to create and drudgery of work, her intense concentration -- it fascinates me. I'm also in awe of how hard she works, writing fiction in the morning and using afternoons and evenings to write articles and reviews. Each book seems to take more from her: finishing "The Waves" took a huge toll of her, but it was nothing in comparison to
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