The flight of time which hurries us so tragically along; the eternal drudge and drone, now bursting into fiery flame like those brief balls of yellow among green leaves . . .
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February 17, 2024 at 4:50 PM
The flight of time which hurries us so tragically along; the eternal drudge and drone, now bursting into fiery flame like those brief balls of yellow among green leaves . . .
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The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body, pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.
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February 1, 2024 at 6:14 PM
The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body, pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.
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“What do we seek through millions of pages? Still hopefully turning the pages — oh, here is Jacob's room.“
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“What do we seek through millions of pages? Still hopefully turning the pages — oh, here is Jacob's room.“
February 11, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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“What do we seek through millions of pages? Still hopefully turning the pages — oh, here is Jacob's room.“
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“What do we seek through millions of pages? Still hopefully turning the pages — oh, here is Jacob's room.“
As for the beauty of women, it is like the light on the sea, never
constant to a single wave.
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constant to a single wave.
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February 14, 2024 at 5:34 PM
As for the beauty of women, it is like the light on the sea, never
constant to a single wave.
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constant to a single wave.
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She looked out of the window. Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
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February 3, 2024 at 7:26 PM
She looked out of the window. Little windows, and the lilac and green of the garden were reflected in her eyes.
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. . . life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it is that we embrace them so eagerly, and see them depart with such anguish, being shadows. Ch. 5
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February 8, 2024 at 6:11 PM
. . . life is but a procession of shadows, and God knows why it is that we embrace them so eagerly, and see them depart with such anguish, being shadows. Ch. 5
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“I never pity the dead," said Mrs. Jarvis . . .
“They are at rest," said Mrs. Jarvis. "And we spend our days doing foolish unnecessary things without knowing why.”
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“They are at rest," said Mrs. Jarvis. "And we spend our days doing foolish unnecessary things without knowing why.”
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February 15, 2024 at 5:07 PM
“I never pity the dead," said Mrs. Jarvis . . .
“They are at rest," said Mrs. Jarvis. "And we spend our days doing foolish unnecessary things without knowing why.”
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“They are at rest," said Mrs. Jarvis. "And we spend our days doing foolish unnecessary things without knowing why.”
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At the British Museum:
“And there the Elgin Marbles lie, all night long, old Jones's lantern sometimes recalling Ulysses, or a horse's head; or sometimes a flash of gold, or a mummy's sunk yellow cheek.”
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“And there the Elgin Marbles lie, all night long, old Jones's lantern sometimes recalling Ulysses, or a horse's head; or sometimes a flash of gold, or a mummy's sunk yellow cheek.”
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February 13, 2024 at 5:12 PM
At the British Museum:
“And there the Elgin Marbles lie, all night long, old Jones's lantern sometimes recalling Ulysses, or a horse's head; or sometimes a flash of gold, or a mummy's sunk yellow cheek.”
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“And there the Elgin Marbles lie, all night long, old Jones's lantern sometimes recalling Ulysses, or a horse's head; or sometimes a flash of gold, or a mummy's sunk yellow cheek.”
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#JacobsRoom2024 Week 2 begins on Feb. 8th -
February 6, 2024 at 9:52 PM
#JacobsRoom2024 Week 2 begins on Feb. 8th -
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"But what brought Jacob Flanders to read Marlowe in the British Museum?"
(…)
„Youth, youth—something savage—something pedantic“…
Jacob at work in the British Museum.
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"But what brought Jacob Flanders to read Marlowe in the British Museum?"
(…)
„Youth, youth—something savage—something pedantic“…
Jacob at work in the British Museum.
February 14, 2024 at 5:20 AM
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"But what brought Jacob Flanders to read Marlowe in the British Museum?"
(…)
„Youth, youth—something savage—something pedantic“…
Jacob at work in the British Museum.
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"But what brought Jacob Flanders to read Marlowe in the British Museum?"
(…)
„Youth, youth—something savage—something pedantic“…
Jacob at work in the British Museum.
. . . meditatively marching, head thrown back, the world a spectacle, the early moon above the steeples coming in for praise, the sea–gulls flying high, Nelson on his column surveying the horizon, and the world our ship.
Ch8
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Ch8
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February 11, 2024 at 5:53 PM
. . . meditatively marching, head thrown back, the world a spectacle, the early moon above the steeples coming in for praise, the sea–gulls flying high, Nelson on his column surveying the horizon, and the world our ship.
Ch8
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Ch8
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“Never tell me that girls often are incapable of love! I had all
Shakespeare by heart before I was in my teens, Mr. Salvin!"
“You don't say so," said Mr. Salvin.
“But I do," said Lady Hibbert.”
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Shakespeare by heart before I was in my teens, Mr. Salvin!"
“You don't say so," said Mr. Salvin.
“But I do," said Lady Hibbert.”
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February 10, 2024 at 9:24 PM
“Never tell me that girls often are incapable of love! I had all
Shakespeare by heart before I was in my teens, Mr. Salvin!"
“You don't say so," said Mr. Salvin.
“But I do," said Lady Hibbert.”
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Shakespeare by heart before I was in my teens, Mr. Salvin!"
“You don't say so," said Mr. Salvin.
“But I do," said Lady Hibbert.”
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#JacobsRoom2024 slow read begins Feb. 1st - here's the schedule for Week 1.
"Our memories are full of moments and hours- unheroic moments, but moments nevertheless which stand vividly etched."-BostonTranscript review.
Please join us! #VirginiaWoolf #WoolfPack #ThirdNovel
"Our memories are full of moments and hours- unheroic moments, but moments nevertheless which stand vividly etched."-BostonTranscript review.
Please join us! #VirginiaWoolf #WoolfPack #ThirdNovel
January 27, 2024 at 5:22 PM
#JacobsRoom2024 slow read begins Feb. 1st - here's the schedule for Week 1.
"Our memories are full of moments and hours- unheroic moments, but moments nevertheless which stand vividly etched."-BostonTranscript review.
Please join us! #VirginiaWoolf #WoolfPack #ThirdNovel
"Our memories are full of moments and hours- unheroic moments, but moments nevertheless which stand vividly etched."-BostonTranscript review.
Please join us! #VirginiaWoolf #WoolfPack #ThirdNovel
… she had come to the word "love." She went into the garden and read, leaning against the walnut tree to steady herself.
[reading Mr. Floyd’s letter]
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[reading Mr. Floyd’s letter]
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February 2, 2024 at 8:59 PM
… she had come to the word "love." She went into the garden and read, leaning against the walnut tree to steady herself.
[reading Mr. Floyd’s letter]
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[reading Mr. Floyd’s letter]
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Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England- Roman signal station prior to 10th c. Viking fishing settlement. www.britannica.com/place/Scarbo....
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England- Roman signal station prior to 10th c. Viking fishing settlement. www.britannica.com/place/Scarbo....
February 2, 2024 at 5:24 PM
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Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England- Roman signal station prior to 10th c. Viking fishing settlement. www.britannica.com/place/Scarbo....
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England- Roman signal station prior to 10th c. Viking fishing settlement. www.britannica.com/place/Scarbo....
Virginia Woolf for #MelvilleMonday :
—and then the wind. Up go the elm branches, out blow the
sails, the old schooners rear and plunge, the grey waves in the hot Indian Ocean tumble sultrily, and then all falls flat again.
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—and then the wind. Up go the elm branches, out blow the
sails, the old schooners rear and plunge, the grey waves in the hot Indian Ocean tumble sultrily, and then all falls flat again.
#JacobsRoom2024
February 5, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Virginia Woolf for #MelvilleMonday :
—and then the wind. Up go the elm branches, out blow the
sails, the old schooners rear and plunge, the grey waves in the hot Indian Ocean tumble sultrily, and then all falls flat again.
#JacobsRoom2024
—and then the wind. Up go the elm branches, out blow the
sails, the old schooners rear and plunge, the grey waves in the hot Indian Ocean tumble sultrily, and then all falls flat again.
#JacobsRoom2024
#JacobsRoom2024
Week 3 begins Feb. 15th -
Coming up in March: "Flush: A Biography" about Eliz. Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel! #FlushVW2024
Week 3 begins Feb. 15th -
Coming up in March: "Flush: A Biography" about Eliz. Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel! #FlushVW2024
February 14, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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Week 3 begins Feb. 15th -
Coming up in March: "Flush: A Biography" about Eliz. Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel! #FlushVW2024
Week 3 begins Feb. 15th -
Coming up in March: "Flush: A Biography" about Eliz. Barrett Browning's cocker spaniel! #FlushVW2024
The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have
been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted.
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been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted.
#JacobsRoom2024
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February 11, 2024 at 5:41 PM
The strange thing about life is that though the nature of it must have
been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted.
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been apparent to every one for hundreds of years, no one has left any adequate account of it. The streets of London have their map; but our passions are uncharted.
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But who, save the nerve–worn and sleepless, or thinkers standing with hands to the eyes on some crag above the multitude, see things thus in skeleton outline, bare of flesh?
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February 18, 2024 at 5:58 PM
But who, save the nerve–worn and sleepless, or thinkers standing with hands to the eyes on some crag above the multitude, see things thus in skeleton outline, bare of flesh?
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„Oh, a huge crab“ — those are the first words from Jacob I noticed.
After the first snapshot with toddler Jacob on the beach - a snapshot of the gorgeous young Jacob in Piccadilly.
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„Oh, a huge crab“ — those are the first words from Jacob I noticed.
After the first snapshot with toddler Jacob on the beach - a snapshot of the gorgeous young Jacob in Piccadilly.
February 2, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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#Virginia Woolf
„Oh, a huge crab“ — those are the first words from Jacob I noticed.
After the first snapshot with toddler Jacob on the beach - a snapshot of the gorgeous young Jacob in Piccadilly.
#Virginia Woolf
„Oh, a huge crab“ — those are the first words from Jacob I noticed.
After the first snapshot with toddler Jacob on the beach - a snapshot of the gorgeous young Jacob in Piccadilly.
#JacobsRoom2024
Day 1, 2/1- Ch. I
"'So of course,' wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, 'there was nothing for it but to leave.'" p.7 to p.14 (entire ch.)
Day 1, 2/1- Ch. I
"'So of course,' wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, 'there was nothing for it but to leave.'" p.7 to p.14 (entire ch.)
February 1, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Day 1, 2/1- Ch. I
"'So of course,' wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, 'there was nothing for it but to leave.'" p.7 to p.14 (entire ch.)
Day 1, 2/1- Ch. I
"'So of course,' wrote Betty Flanders, pressing her heels rather deeper in the sand, 'there was nothing for it but to leave.'" p.7 to p.14 (entire ch.)
and the tumult of the present seems like an elegy for past youth and past summers, and there rose in her mind a curious sadness, as if time and eternity showed through skirts and waistcoasts, and she saw people passing tragically to
destruction.
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destruction.
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February 19, 2024 at 10:06 PM
and the tumult of the present seems like an elegy for past youth and past summers, and there rose in her mind a curious sadness, as if time and eternity showed through skirts and waistcoasts, and she saw people passing tragically to
destruction.
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destruction.
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„The flamingo hours fluttered softly through the sky. But regularly they dipped their wings in pitch black; Notting Hill, for instance…“
I don’t always understand Virginia Woolf’s stream of consciousness—it’s without a direct message, but light and beautiful.
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„The flamingo hours fluttered softly through the sky. But regularly they dipped their wings in pitch black; Notting Hill, for instance…“
I don’t always understand Virginia Woolf’s stream of consciousness—it’s without a direct message, but light and beautiful.
February 10, 2024 at 5:23 PM
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„The flamingo hours fluttered softly through the sky. But regularly they dipped their wings in pitch black; Notting Hill, for instance…“
I don’t always understand Virginia Woolf’s stream of consciousness—it’s without a direct message, but light and beautiful.
#VirginiaWoolf
„The flamingo hours fluttered softly through the sky. But regularly they dipped their wings in pitch black; Notting Hill, for instance…“
I don’t always understand Virginia Woolf’s stream of consciousness—it’s without a direct message, but light and beautiful.
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„Oh, Clara, Clara!“ exciaimed Mrs Durrant, and Timothy Durrant adding, „Clara, Clara“, Jacob named the shape in yellow gauze Timothy's sister, Clara.
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„Oh, Clara, Clara!“ exciaimed Mrs Durrant, and Timothy Durrant adding, „Clara, Clara“, Jacob named the shape in yellow gauze Timothy's sister, Clara.
February 7, 2024 at 6:15 PM
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„Oh, Clara, Clara!“ exciaimed Mrs Durrant, and Timothy Durrant adding, „Clara, Clara“, Jacob named the shape in yellow gauze Timothy's sister, Clara.
#VirginiaWoolf
„Oh, Clara, Clara!“ exciaimed Mrs Durrant, and Timothy Durrant adding, „Clara, Clara“, Jacob named the shape in yellow gauze Timothy's sister, Clara.
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„Shakespeare was knocked overboard. There you could see him floating merrily away, with all his pages ruffling innumerably; and then he went under.“
„Shakespeare was knocked overboard. There you could see him floating merrily away, with all his pages ruffling innumerably; and then he went under.“
February 6, 2024 at 5:45 PM
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„Shakespeare was knocked overboard. There you could see him floating merrily away, with all his pages ruffling innumerably; and then he went under.“
„Shakespeare was knocked overboard. There you could see him floating merrily away, with all his pages ruffling innumerably; and then he went under.“