Virginia Woolf Library: A Haunted House and Other Short Stories (Paperback)

from whitewavedarling

I should admit: I've never particularly cared for Woolf's writing. And, truthfully and likewise, much of this work didn't impress me at all--simply, I was bored and only reading to read. But, the first story made me take notice enough that I was determined to finish the work, and in the end I'm g...

from PhilSyphe

My first sample of Virginia Woolf. Guess it's one of her shortest. Bit of a strange one. Nothing approaching horror or remotely spooky about it like the title suggests. A ghostly couple float around a house inhabited by a living couple sums up the plot. The writing is of a style that you either f...

from TheBentley

Inconsistent, which is what one would expect from a posthumous collection. Six of these stories were collected in Woolf's lifetime, six were published in magazines, and six were collected here from unpublished (and mostly unfinished) manuscripts and notes. The magazine stories are by far the best...

from KayCliff

Includes early refererences to Clarissa and Richard Dalloway giving parties.

from bodachliath

I found this interesting, and the stories shed a lot of light on the more famous novels, and the development of her stylistic innovations. Many of these stories have slight themes often about momentary feelings, The quality is inevitably somewhat variable, but the best are very good.