MJ's Challenge ~ The Voyage Out

[drstratton]

No~one writes in a vacuum. Woolfe wrote during a time of great social change & it must have affected her world view & her writing.

The world was definitely on spin cycle at that time and I'm sure that you're correct on the affect it had on her!

 

[Ribh]

I had to step away from the computer and just realized that I didn't get to respond to this yet! She is very clever! I'm enjoying this and to be honest, if I had picked this book up and tried to read it on my own, I would have set it back down and not given it another thought! Thank you ladies!

You train yourself to enjoy books like this. It's why they're considered classics but most people don't ever read them. They do require work on the part of the reader. I'm finding that harder as I get older though they make a great deal more sense now than when I was younger.

 

[drstratton]

You train yourself to enjoy books like this. It's why they're considered classics but most people don't ever read them. They do require work on the part of the reader. I'm finding that harder as I get older though they make a great deal more sense now than when I was younger.

I can see that and you are all helping me learn how to enjoy it!

There does come a time when you don't want to continue to work so hard and as we get older I think we've earned the right to just enjoy ourselves!

 

[Ribh]

I can see that and you are all helping me learn how to enjoy it!

There does come a time when you don't want to continue to work so hard and as we get older I think we've earned the right to just enjoy ourselves!

We may have earned the right but this sort of thing is very good for the brain & helps fend off things like dementia & Alzheimer's.

 

[drstratton]

We may have earned the right but this sort of thing is very good for the brain & helps fend off things like dementia & Alzheimer's.

Yes...this is true!!!

 

[RoyalChick]

You train yourself to enjoy books like this. It's why they're considered classics but most people don't ever read them. They do require work on the part of the reader. I'm finding that harder as I get older though they make a great deal more sense now than when I was younger.

You train yourself to enjoy books like this. It's why they're considered classics but most people don't ever read them. They do require work on the part of the reader. I'm finding that harder as I get older though they make a great deal more sense now than when I was younger.

It is not as hard work as I was expecting.
I think I was expecting stream of consciousness.

 

[Ribh]

It is not as hard work as I was expecting.
I think I was expecting stream of consciousness.

Some of her later novels are very much that way & of course being the idiot that I am, that's where I started.

 

[MaryJanet]

It is not as hard work as I was expecting.
I think I was expecting stream of consciousness.

There's been a little but it's woven through, so it doesn't feel intense.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

You train yourself to enjoy books like this. It's why they're considered classics but most people don't ever read them. They do require work on the part of the reader. I'm finding that harder as I get older though they make a great deal more sense now than when I was younger.

I'm a rather passive reader and take things at face value. I'm glad to be getting your points of view to help me think beyond the printed word.

Perhaps we should do "Wuthering Heights" next. I vowed never to read it again because Heathcliffe and Kathy drove me to distraction.

 

[Ribh]

I'm a rather passive reader and take things at face value. I'm glad to be getting your points of view to help me think beyond the printed word.

Perhaps we should do "Wuthering Heights" next. I vowed never to read it again because Heathcliffe and Kathy drove me to distraction.

I can't do killing puppies. Sorrow. I won't read it because of that. And Heathcliffe & Kathy drive me nuts.