Intro: Virginia Woolf
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2021
- Virginia Woolf was born in South Kensington, London. She was born into a prominent family that supported her academic endeavours, studying the Victorian novelists at a young age. Woolf published her first novel, The Voyage Out, in 1915. Apart from her novels she wrote extensive essays on many subjects and became one of the central figures in the women’s rights movements decades after her passing, in 1941. Virginia Woolf's works have been translated in over fifty languages.
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I've only read Orlando so far by Woolf but absolutely adored it 💚
Same!
That one and To The Lighthouse are great places to start with her work. In my opinion. 😊
I haven't read Woolf since high school. This was a great reminder to pick up her work again. I remember reading excerpts from How to Read a book and making a grand argument in class about reading for pleasure and not for writing papers 😅 I've grown since then 😁
Oh! I didn't see this! Thank you so much! I think Woolf would have agreed with your argument!😊
We had to read Mrs Dalloway at university and it became my most hated novel. Then I re-read it for a challenge for BookTube and quite enjoyed it and revised my opinion :D
That is very similar to my experience as well. I did not like her work on first read, and took me a while to really get what was happening.
@@attention5638 I think that's quite a common thing!
Thanks for this Pae. Woolf is such an interesting mind, I have 2vols of her diaries. Can't wait to get more and more. You ROCK and thanks for the shout, brother 🙏
I have only read parts of her diaries, but have never found actual copies. I will have to order them! And totally! Actually, the video you put out yesterday really goes well with the modernist series I am trying to put together!😊😎
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I loved the quotes you used, Pae! The one about libraries was my favorite part of A Room of One’s Own. Great advice about reading! Pretty profound.
A Room of One's Own is such a great essay. Thank you so much, I am glad you liked this!😊
I really enjoyed hearing her accents, I wish there was an audiobook of one of her works in that accent I suspect her writing will be beautiful in the language in voice that was probably in her head. I love how she said old.
I agree. I would love to hear her read from The Waves. Or any of her novels or essays, for that matter!
Yes! I loved this so much- I really appreciated the wider context around Woolf- I always forget about those details!
And this video is a great reminder that I need to actually read The Waves at some point.
Great video as always!
And it’s so startling to hear her voice- I think that’s the first time I’ve heard her speak!
Oh, yes! You would very much like The Waves. I really want to read The Hour--I know you have talked a lot about that one, and it sounds really great!
I would read The Clash: Poetry and Prose. Great video! When I was working on my masters degree, one of my professors showed us the movie Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. It was interesting.
I would definitely read The Clash: Poetry and Prose. But may just be the lyrics of Joe Strummer. 😅 I have yet to see/read that, but I plan on it soon. 😎
Virginia Woolf is indirectly responsible for me realizing I was trans lol despite that, or perhaps because of that, I have no memory of the book itself. I should probably get to reading her at some point, but I'm in no hurry.
Ok...I want to hear this story
Yes, I agree! I want to hear this story! 😮
@@KatrinaReads7 I shared it in my Darryl video back in June, but the gist of it is that my college professor wanted to prove a point by having the class sit according to gender while discussing Virginia Woolf, and it was really uncomfortable, and then I had my epiphany that I was on the wrong side of the table.
Thanks for another insightful introduction to one of the giants in literature. I especially loved hearing about Vanessa Bell and seeing her work. I had no idea she did the original covers of Virginia's books. Fascinating stuff.
Bell definitely seems to be under appreciated, but she was such a huge influence to so many great artists. Thank you for checking this out!😊
I don’t know much about Woolf so this was great. Loved the audio insert and visuals. That’s takes a long time to edit! Oh snap! I made it on the video! I’m famous now!
It did take a while to edit, but more so because my laptop crashed half way through before saving anything. 😅
I know very little about Woolf other than the relationship to one of my favorite plays and films, Whos Afraid of V...., living the beginning of this episode as I'm just starting...
I have never read that, but have been meaning to check it out. I think I would really like it.😊
for some reason it didnt even occur to me there'd be recordings of her! great vid as usual :-)
There is only the one, and the full recording is only seven minutes long, but really great to hear.😊
A great intro to Wolff. Loved her intro lines in the essay you mentioned here. Also, the voice clip. Can't thank you enough for this, Pae.💜
Oh, Thank you so much! I am really glad you liked it. 😊
Oh!!! How interesting and beautiful dust jackets. I’m just getting into Woolf! ☺️ I love all the imagery you added. “We are separated from ourselves.” Yeees! I’ve wanted to read more about her life because she seems so interesting! Wonderful recording near the end! 🥰 Oh! Thank you for mentioning me! ☺️
She lived a very interesting life. Too much history to cover a fraction of it here 😎 And for sure! And I would love to hear more of your thoughts on her work I the future!😊
Aaah so happy to see you chatting about Virginia and Bloomsbury. The Bloomsbury Group deeply inspires my future goals with arts collectives and I've recently been re-reading The Voyage Out, so this really is perfect timing :)
Those art collective were really next level. I would love to get involved with something like that! I have yet to read The Voyage Out. That was her first published novel! I would be interested in hearing your thoughts on it! 😊
Reading in solitude is the best time to read!haha I will have to check out The Waves. 😊
Another quote I found from her that I really like:
“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotion at the time. It expands later, and thus we don't have complete emotions about the present, only about the past.”
That is a really great quote! She has a lot of them, for sure! And I think you would actually really like the waves. It can be analyzed very philosophically, and it is a fun study!😊😎
Great intro!! This was well needed, she was one of the authors on my list to check out to help with my writing!!
Oh good! She definitely had a way with words. Even if you do not get along with her stream of consciousness approach, she can still inspire. 😊
This was so interesting. I have always heard about Virginia Woolf but I knew literally nothing about her before watching this. What a great introduction! I think it is so cool that her sister designed the original covers for Woolf's books!
Thank you so much for checking this out! She really was one of the best 😊😊
I read To the Lighthouse, Mrs Dalloway, and some of her non-fiction. I need to read The Waves.
Oh! Yes! I think you would really like The Waves. It is a complicated one, but I see you reading more complicated works, so I think you may like it. 😊
This was very good. I really appreciated the over view of _The Waves_ which I have been intending to read for sometime.
It is a really interesting read. Far different than anything published during that time. 😊
I really like the structure of this video. The intro was very interesting, how it lead to the subject in a roundabout way. Admittedly I have not read any Virginia Woolf and do not knowing anything about her or her books. So this will be a true learning experience. I also loved hearing the excerpts of the interview. That was a nice detail. 👏👏
Thank you so much, Jane!😊 I really like her work, but she is very experimental, and stream of consciousness. Because of this, I rarely recommend her work. It took me a while to get into her novels and for years, I only read her essays. Which are also brilliant, and would definitely recommend those!😊😎
I have a touch of a Woolf obsession so delighted to see you talking about her now. She is an author who speaks directly to me when I read her. I suppose that fits with what she says about how we should read. I am happy to be her accomplice even when it takes a bit of effort. I am still working my way through her works mind you. Her house at Rodmell is a few miles from where I live so I feel proprietorial about her.
I knew you were a big fan of Woolf, so I went through your videos to see if I could find one to put on the list, but I couldn't find one. Then I thought I was going crazy, because I swore I have heard to talk about Woolf a bunch of times before! Haha😅 And that is really cool that you live so close to her house! I bet it gets a lot of visitors. 😊
@@attention5638 I have never made a single book review of a Woolf book although I talk about her often. Sorry for the wasted search. Next time you could message me on Voxer!
Not sure how I missed this video, but I am watching now!
Oh! I didn't see this comment! Haha Thank you for checking it out! I miss videos all the time, even with the bell, but I always eventually remember haha😊😊
I am a great admirer of Virginia Woolf. I absolutely loved her diary. I had no idea her sister did the dust jackets.
Totally! Her sister was a great artist as well 😊😎
You pulled another really interesting video out of the bag! 👍
Thank you so much for checking it out! 😊
I haven't read Virginia Wolf yet. I love the quotes you mentioned. Great video.
Thank you so much! She is really great!😊😎
Thanks for this video, Pae. I have only read The Waves so I still have a lot more Virginia Woolf on the TBR pile. 💙
Oh good! I think you would really like a lot of her work! 😊😊
This author is wonderful!! Love that your did this feature💕
Thank you so much! Woolf is one of my favorites of the early 1900s 😊😎
@@attention5638 I can totally see why!!!
Excellent introduction. Another author I'll have to read at some point.
Thank you, John! Hope you are doing well!😊
Is that a photo of an Omega Workshop interior?? Drool! This is so cool to hear about these names I've just encountered in Square Haunting for the book club!!
It is the interior! It looks so amazing! I want to set my appartment up looking like that. Haha 😅😎
@@attention5638 me too! It reminds me of some of the whirligig of arts and crafts or art nouveau interiors...and a willy wonka color scheme. Love it.
Ingenious intro! To both the video and the Author. I loved hearing her view on words in her own voice. That was pretty special. If I remember correctly, she had kind of a messed up childhood...I could be making that up, have to look, but I wonder sometimes how all these things end up coming together in art.
Oh! I have been away for a bit, I hope all is well with you! And yes, i couldn't imagine growing up during the turn of the century, witnessing WWI and feeling the oncoming of WWII, I don't believe it could be easy!
Wonderful video. I haven't dipped my toes into Woolf's work yet but I know I will in the next year or so ☺️ I didn't realise her family had so many interesting literary connections!
Oh! I think you would like her! She can be so poetic, and even during the times her writing goes over my head, it is still enjoyable to read just for the prose. 😊😊
So interesting. Thank you
Thank you for checking it out!😊
I read To the Lighthouse. Went straight over my head…🤔
Her stream of consciousness can be a bit out there 😅
@@attention5638 so basically what I am asking is, am I too stupid for it?
What a great video. Love the background and production values and all of the pictures. What a cool desk too. I didn’t know much about her at all, found this very informative. Thanks!
Oh, thank you very much! I am glad you got something from this! Woolf was an amazing author and started a lot of common trends we see to this day. 😊
@@attention5638 no doubt! I’ve read 4 of hers now, I think. Next, I’d really like to get to Orlando!
Great video as always!!! I've always been interested in Virginia Wolfe but never knew that much about her🤗
She is really great, but definitely not the easiest to grasp at times 😅
Excellent and informative! I didn’t know about the Bloomsbury group. Very much appreciate the historical details. I’m so behind with British lit. but Booktube is prodding me on… I’ll have plugged all gaps within a couple of years 😄
That is one thing BookTube is good for. It definitely provides one on where to start with a lot of genres/periods. 😎😊
Oh that would be so cool to be a writer and have a family member be involved with the cover art!
Right! They were great together!😊😊
This was amazing thank you! I´ve never read anything from her altough I had her on my list for ages. After this I feel even more motivated to read it. :D Thank you :)
Oh, definitely! She can be very experimental with her writing, but her prose are well worth the read alone. 😊
I love that you used a bunch of the covers for The Waves. I always wonder if that is weird if I do it. It isn't 😊 I love the multimedia aspect you added to this video and the sensitive way you handled her death. 💕
Oh! Thank you so much! I always love to see all the different art works for some of these classics. 😊😊
Never read her. Not yet anyway. I am intrigued enough to have interest but afraid enough not to instantly go out and buy her.
Fascinating video as always. Honestly don’t know where you find the time!
I don't sleep! That is the only way to get these done with everything else I do in a week 😂🤣
Great video! I know I'm probably the most ill-read reader on BookTube, but I've never read anything by Virginia Woolf. 😅 She sounds like such an interesting person, and I really enjoyed this introduction! 😊
You are for sure not alone in not having read Woolf. It took me until university to pick anything up by her. And didn't again until many, many years later. She is really great, though! 😊
Brilliant video! I will have to try some of this author’s works ☺️
Thank you so much! She is really great!😊
Fantastic video, Pae! I've only read Mrs Dalloway and a few short stories by Woolf, definitely need to read more.
I think you would really like her. We seem to have similar taste 😊
@@attention5638 Yeah, I'm sure! It's just that I think I have to be in a certain state of mind to read her. Mrs Dalloway was a buddyread which really increased my enjoyment!
@@beatingaroundthebooks Oh yes, that is true. She is one that cannot be read in every situation. 😊
I regret that I have never read single book by Virginia Woolf though I love this video. It gives a great introduction both to Woolf and her life as well as her works. Though I do struggled with the stream of consciousness style of writing, so I may find it difficult to connect with her writing.
Yeah, I still struggle with a lot of stream of consciousness novels that came out at this time. A lot of it reads as poetry that one can appreciate, but it can be a little much at times. 😊
I think I’ve only read Mrs. Dalloway by Woolf, but I have a bind-up of some of her works, and I need to get to some of these other stories…especially Waves. Great intro to Woolf Pae!!
Oh! I didn't see these comments! Thank you so much, Amy! The Waves is a really fascinating read, even if it can be a bit complicated 😊
This was a fantastic introduction! I really want to like her writing but it has been a struggle for me!! I will keep trying! 😊
I didn't much care for her style at first, either. But after a few reads, something just clicked, and I really like her work now. 😊😎
Makes me wonder what mainstream/popular/ commercial fiction was like back then. Excellent video.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was pretty mainstream at that time, with the publication of The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1902. 😎
@@attention5638 Huh...I always thought that was a classic...will have to revisit it.😀
@@stevencorey1278 I'd say lots of novels we now consider classics used to be popular/commercial fiction in their time.
@@beatingaroundthebooks I agree. I'm just curious about what I call 'Ham-n-Egger' authors who pumped out the fiction to make a living but never got noticed other than by casual readers...
Indeed a very intriguing author :) I have Night and Day to read xD but always fascinated me idk why. Great introduction ^^ can't wait to see who you will bring up next!
Thank you so much, Hugo! I have been away for a bit. I have some catching up to do! Haha
Great introduction as always!
I want to get to some of Woolf’s fiction, but definitely from an enjoyment of reading perspective and not from an analytical perspective 😅
Hahaha, most definitely! And even if one doesn't enjoy her particular style, the poetic prose are worth reading alone. 😊😊
So informative man, well done! I've read some exerpts and poetry, but if I was going to just dive into a full book, where would I start?
Oh! Great question! Though The Waves seems to be a lot of people's favorite, it is very experimental. Whereas a short novel like To The Lighthouse still has her experimental style and stream of consciousness, it is not as heavy and easier to get into for someone that is not as familiar with her work. In my opinion, To the Lighthouse is a perfect place to start. 😊
@@attention5638 To The Lighthouse it is!
hello friend you never disappoint me. Anyway i wanted to share my students your channel so that they can also learn some literature from you.
Oh! That is very kind, thank you so much! I have been away for a bit, and have some catching up to do! So thank you!😊😊
I consistently forget that Mrs. Dalloway was Virginia Woolf.
Is the embracing of Woolf's work in academia relatively new, or has it been a thing for a while and my schools merely behind the times?
During my nine years of university, I don't think I went a year without reading something of hers. Haha. But maybe it is a location thing. 😅
Awesome intro to Virginia Woolf! Kinda random, Alex just had a student write a paper on the movie The Hours and they didn't know Virginia Woolf was a real person 🤦🏻♀️🤣 these kids these days haha. I'm going to listen to that interview! Great video! 🤗
How does one go about writing a paper on The Hours and not know that Woolf was a real person!!? haha. That is very sad, indeed. haha
@@attention5638 It is very sad! He had to explain to them that she was real and not just a Nicole Kidman character 😂
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Thank you so much for checking this out!😊
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Nice introduction! I haven’t read any Virginia Woolf at this point though I own A Room of One’s Own that I hope to get to in the next year
Oh! That is great! A Room of One's Own is actually my favorite thing she has ever written. Including her fiction. I thought of doing a video on that as well.😊
@@attention5638 I’d definitely watch it! Based on what I’ve heard of Virginia Woolf I think I may need some assistance deciphering her works.
@@ellethinks that would probably help haha😅
I am also an alumna of KCL - one of the campus buildings is named after her. But, even so, I’ve never read any Virginia Woolf! 🙈I’ve avoided her work because of her famous stream of consciousness style - a structure of writing that I have never really enjoyed! But is that all of her work or just specific novels? Is there a particular work you would recommend for me to try?
Sorry for such a late reply, I have fallen behind! But yes! Her novel Orlando is less of the stream of consciousness. It can still be complicated here and there, but most people agree it is her most accessible work. 😊
@@attention5638 thank you!
Having only read one of her books and absolutely hating it, I read Virginia Woolf
by Hermione Lee to see if I would at least like the author. That would be no. But Lee did a great job writing about Woolf. I try to give an author three tries, so I have two more books to read by Woolf. We'll see if my opinion changes about her writing. However, having read the biography, I have found out most of her writing wasn't creative, so much as just writing about her friends. 🤔
You are for sure not alone in not liking her work. It really is a specific taste. And that is actually true--I never really thought about that--she did write a lot about the people she knew. 🤔
@@attention5638 Well thank you. I feel alone in being the only one not liking Woolf. LOL I never did my review on Hermione Lee's book, but she really did do a lot of work and wrote well. I should get busy on that. Can I borrow one of your alter personalities? LOL
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