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“A Haunted House” appears in the first collection of stories of Virginia Woolf, Monday or Tuesday. This collection contains several stories without a clear plot that sometimes share qualities with both poetry and prose. The stories epitomize Woolf’s approach to writing, which challenged the old dogmas of realism and naturalism and favored experimentation. Major cultural, technological, and political change in the early 20th century (including monarchy-ending revolutions, the rise of cinema, and increasing gender equality) coexisted with artistic developments, as artists and writers (now considered “modernist”) sought to capture the subjective experience of the modern world and break away from their predecessors.
Woolf was a key figure in this literary movement. After her father’s death, she moved in 1904 to Bloomsbury, a bohemian district in London, at the age of 22. There, she helped to form an artistic group called the Bloomsbury Group. This was a group of intellectuals close to Woolf who sought to meet and discuss hot topics of the artistic and political world of the day. Among its members were John Maynard Keynes, who would change post-war economics, and E. M.
By Virginia Woolf
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
A Haunted House and Other Short Stories
Virginia Woolf
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
Virginia Woolf
Between The Acts
Between The Acts
Virginia Woolf
Flush: A Biography
Flush: A Biography
Virginia Woolf
How Should One Read a Book?
How Should One Read a Book?
Virginia Woolf
Jacob's Room
Jacob's Room
Virginia Woolf
Kew Gardens
Kew Gardens
Virginia Woolf
Modern Fiction
Modern Fiction
Virginia Woolf
Moments of Being
Moments of Being
Virginia Woolf
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown
Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown
Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
Orlando
Orlando
Virginia Woolf
The Death of the Moth
The Death of the Moth
Virginia Woolf
The Duchess and the Jeweller
The Duchess and the Jeweller
Virginia Woolf
The Lady in the Looking Glass
The Lady in the Looking Glass
Virginia Woolf
The Mark on the Wall
The Mark on the Wall
Virginia Woolf
The New Dress
The New Dress
Virginia Woolf
The Voyage Out
The Voyage Out
Virginia Woolf
The Waves
The Waves
Virginia Woolf
Three Guineas
Three Guineas
Virginia Woolf