Monday or Tuesday (Hesperus Classics) [Paperback]

Virginia Woolf (Author), Scarlett Thomas (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2003 | Series: Hesperus Classics

A collection of eight deliberately fragmentary and experimental sketches, Monday or Tuesday remains unique in being the only volume of short stories that Virginia Woolf published herself. A woman gazes at a mark on a wall and ponders the vagaries of thought and opinion; a succession of couples are caught up with nostalgia for their past as they stroll among the vibrant flowers of Kew Gardens; a heron soars high above cities and towns, lakes and mountains, while below, life continues in all its mundanity; and blue and green are given their expression in words. Monday or Tuesday is a brilliant and striking series of impressions, written in Woolf’s characteristic lyrical and startling prose.

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About the Author

Most famous for her novels Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) is one of foremost innovative writers of the twentieth century. Scarlett Thomas is one of the most exciting young writers on the contemporary fiction scene. Her works include Bright Young Things (2001) and Going out (2002)

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Hesperus Press; only single volume ed edition (October 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843910594
• ISBN-13: 978-1843910596
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,378,996 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eight challenging pieces, May 14, 2009

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Glenn Leary (Concord, NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Monday or Tuesday (mobi) (Kindle Edition)

Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf. Published by MobileReference (mobi).

All these stories are engaging and thought-provoking, and the length is manageable even to someone out of practice with the stream of conciousness style. The stories will make you look at life in a slightly different way.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Navigation, January 9, 2011

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This review is from: Monday or Tuesday (with ClicBrowz navigation) (Kindle Edition)

This is what it says it is: a public domain text with hypertext navigation that allows the user to easily move from the contents page to the individual chapters and sections. Most public domain texts are just Project Gutenberg texts rendered into the Kindle format. This text was carefully constructed to make navigation easy.