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The Mark on the Wall and Other Short Fiction (Oxford World's Classics) Book

'I shall never forget the day I wrote The Mark on the Wall - all in a flash, as if flying, after being kept stone breaking for months. The Unwritten Novel was the great discovery, however. That - again in one second - showed me how I could embody all my deposit of experience in a shape that fitted it...I saw, branching out of the tunnel I made, when I discovered that method of approach, Jacob's Room, Mrs Dalloway etc - How I trembled with excitement.' The thrill Woolf got from these stories is readily apparent to the reader. She wrote them in defiance of convention, with a heady feeling of liberation and with a clear sense that she was breaking new ground. Indeed, if she had not made her bold and experimental forays into the short story in the period leading up to the publication of Jacob's Room (1922), it seems certain that her arrival as a great modernist novelist would have been delayed. Quirky, unrestrained, disturbing and surprising, many of these stories, particularly the early ones, are essential to an understanding of Woolf's development as a writer. She thought some of her short fiction might be 'unprintable' but, happily, she was mistaken. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Read More

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  • BookDepository

    The Mark on the Wall and Other Short Fiction : Paperback : Oxford University Press : 9780199554997 : : 18 Dec 2008 : The fifteen stories in this volume include the only collection of short fiction Woolf published in her lifetime, the eight stories published as 'Monday and Tuesday', together with seven later stories. Without these bold and experimental forays into the short story she would never have become the great modernist novelist. Essential to her development as a novelist, these stories are among the most interesting and accomplished fictions she wrote.

  • Blackwell

    The 15 stories in this volume include the only collection of short fiction Woolf published in her lifetime, the eight stories published as Monday and Tuesday, together with seven later stories. 'I shall never forget the day I wrote The Mark on...

  • Pickabook

    Virginia Woolf, David Bradshaw (Editor)

  • 0199554994
  • 9780199554997
  • Virginia Woolf
  • 11 December 2008
  • OUP Oxford
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 160
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