How should one read a book? Is it better to do it on paper or on a screen? Sitting on a couch or lying in a hammock? Fortified by tea or bourbon—or both? When it comes to absorbing literature, there ...

In the introduction to “The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway,” Merve Emre describes Virginia Woolf as the hostess of her 1925 modernist classic: flitting from room to room, introducing us to each of her ...

On Sunday, literary types the world over donned blazers, sported colored glasses, and drank pints of Guinness for Bloomsday, a celebration of James Joyce’s allusion-laden epic Ulysses. At once utterly ...

This year marks the centennial of the first publication of Virginia Woolf’s great novel, “Mrs. Dalloway.” It’s truly a cause for widespread celebration, an occasion on which to honor the fact that ...

"What a lark! What a plunge!" Composer-lyricist John Coyne and librettist Brandon Adam are collaborating on a musical adaptation of Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's classic novel about uncertainty, ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Virginia Woolf’s iconic modernist novel “Mrs. Dalloway” was published 85 ...

Before working on “The Annotated Mrs. Dalloway” (Liveright), Merve Emre didn’t consider herself a Virginia Woolf devotee. “I teach her novels in my 20th-century literature class,” she said. “But if I ...

Before Woolf settled on the unique perspective for her modernist masterpiece, she had a more expansive, though traditional, book in mind — “The Hours.” By Lauren Christensen “I am the only woman in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can I tell you something about the cover? If you go to Woolf’s home, Monk’s House, there’s an amazing mirror that Woolf’s sister, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Can I tell you something about the cover? If you go to Woolf’s home, Monk’s House, there’s an amazing mirror that Woolf’s sister, ...