MJ's Challenge ~ The Voyage Out

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RoyalChick said:
Wow. Weirdly interesting. I imagine the Mitfords didn't show at all? Shame really, I have always found them intriguing.
The spikes are interesting - for Jane Austen could they be movies? What created that massive spike in interest in Virginia Woolf I wonder?
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Maybe that film called The Hours? I wonder when it came out... 2002. So it's definitely not The Hours then.
 
RoyalChick said:
Wow. Weirdly interesting. I imagine the Mitfords didn't show at all? Shame really, I have always found them intriguing.
The spikes are interesting - for Jane Austen could they be movies? What created that massive spike in interest in Virginia Woolf I wonder?
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MaryJanet said:
I was waiting for everyone to be ready. And I'm a plodding reader too, mainly because I'm always stopping to note my thoughts, haha oh dear...
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I decided to just sit down and read it and then I will read through it again! I have a few take aways on personalities and I really got a sense of the strong emotions Helen was feeling and what type of person she is, with a lot of complexities, like most people, but I will wait to say more until I hear what you all have to say! I know you will all be able to delve even deeper into the nuances of the story than I will be able to...especially since I am so unfamiliar (uneducated) with this era and type of writing! :)
 
RoyalChick said:
Wow. Weirdly interesting. I imagine the Mitfords didn't show at all? Shame really, I have always found them intriguing.
The spikes are interesting - for Jane Austen could they be movies? What created that massive spike in interest in Virginia Woolf I wonder?
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The BBC did Love in a Cold Climate years ago & I became a fan of Nancy Mitford. Her description of *the child hunt* is still one of the funniest things I've ever read. English eccentricity @ it's best.

Edith Sitwell was one of the most controversial, innovative & very good writers of this period. I can't believe she is no longer studied. Then there was Vita Sackvill~West, who I think was a lover @ some point. She made a lovely garden @ Sissinghurst but it's been a long time since I read her biography so I may have that wrong. All these writers knew & influenced each other though they didn't necessarily like each other.
 
MaryJanet said:
By the way, if everyone's got the book now, I'll make a start on the first chapter 👓📖
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I admit to cheating & read chapter 1 last night because I have the children today & will be exhausted tonight.

What struck me most is Woolfe's obsession with light. I noticed it in The Lighthouse also ~ & I didn't get very far with that. Wondering if it is something to do with different sorts of enlightenment?

A sense of place is important to me. Not sure yet how I feel about Woolfe's dealings with that.
 

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