I recently read To the Lighthouse with an online reading group that's organized by the Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi. They alternate between reading a Welty work and a Welty-related book; Welty once wrote an introduction for To the Lighthouse. It's a great group--academics and non-academics, and as you said, everyone does the reading and has interesting insights.
I re-read Mrs. Dalloway every few years, but it had been a long time since I'd read all of To the Lighthouse (despite how often I take down the book to re-read the "Time Passes" section). I think in the past the humor had gone over my head--reading it this time, I found the satire of academics to be quite funny. I also was really struck by what a meditation on grief the novel is (which is why I return to the "Time Passes" section so often--I find it comforting).
That is lovely, Monica, that you reread "Time Passes" now and again. I have marked many passages that I'm sure I'll keep going back to. It's good to know about the online group from the Eudora Welty House, too. I hadn't hear about that. Thanks for sharing!
It's a great group--I'm sure that many of you all would enjoy it. It looks like the next book we'll be discussing is Welty's The Golden Apples (maybe in November? I'm not sure of the dates yet). You can find information about it here:
Thank you, Anne, for sharing such a lovely commentary on how your view of Woolf is changing! If our views of things don’t shift in life, it means we aren’t changing, and that ya bad thing. ❤️
I'm glad you enjoyed my letter, Teresa! You migth enjoy some of the online discussion groups of the London Literary Salon. I should have said that I've read ORLANDO and MRS. DALLOWAY before, but TO THE LIGHTHOUSE is so mch better, or I'm able to appreciate it more now.
This sounds amazing!
Sounds like a magical journey indeed!! Thank you for taking us along in such a relatable, insightful, and inspiring way! :)
Very interesting.
St Ives is such a beautiful place to visit :)
I recently read To the Lighthouse with an online reading group that's organized by the Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi. They alternate between reading a Welty work and a Welty-related book; Welty once wrote an introduction for To the Lighthouse. It's a great group--academics and non-academics, and as you said, everyone does the reading and has interesting insights.
I re-read Mrs. Dalloway every few years, but it had been a long time since I'd read all of To the Lighthouse (despite how often I take down the book to re-read the "Time Passes" section). I think in the past the humor had gone over my head--reading it this time, I found the satire of academics to be quite funny. I also was really struck by what a meditation on grief the novel is (which is why I return to the "Time Passes" section so often--I find it comforting).
That is lovely, Monica, that you reread "Time Passes" now and again. I have marked many passages that I'm sure I'll keep going back to. It's good to know about the online group from the Eudora Welty House, too. I hadn't hear about that. Thanks for sharing!
It's a great group--I'm sure that many of you all would enjoy it. It looks like the next book we'll be discussing is Welty's The Golden Apples (maybe in November? I'm not sure of the dates yet). You can find information about it here:
https://welty.mdah.ms.gov/events/2020-04/welty-home-virtual-book-club
Great! Thanks, Monica!
Thank you, Anne, for sharing such a lovely commentary on how your view of Woolf is changing! If our views of things don’t shift in life, it means we aren’t changing, and that ya bad thing. ❤️
Glad you enjoyed the letter, Etta! ❤️
I'm glad you enjoyed my letter, Teresa! You migth enjoy some of the online discussion groups of the London Literary Salon. I should have said that I've read ORLANDO and MRS. DALLOWAY before, but TO THE LIGHTHOUSE is so mch better, or I'm able to appreciate it more now.