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  A Society - From their pens to...

  Virginia Woolf

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  Adeline Virginia Woolf was born on the 25th January 1882 in South Kensington in London. 
  Although lauded as a founder of modernist writing with such classics as ‘Orlando’, ‘Mrs Dalloway’ and ‘To the Lighthouse’ and, of course, many classic short stories, her background is filled with elements of tragedy that she somehow overcame to become such a revered writer.   Her mother died when she was 13, her half-sister Stella two years later and with it her first of several nervous breakdowns.  Appallingly it was later found that three of her half-brothers had sexually abused her so darkness must have seemed ever present.   
  She began writing professionally at age 20 but her father’s death two years later brought a complete mental collapse and she was briefly institutionalised.  Somehow she found within herself a literary career and with it great innovations in writing; she was a pioneer of “stream of consciousness”.    
  Her tight circle of friends were the founders of the Bloomsbury Group, a movement whose legacy still influences across the arts and society in many way to this day.   
  Whilst the dark periods continued to interrupt her emotional state her rate of work never ceased.  Until, on 28th March 1941, Woolf put on her overcoat, filled up its pockets with stones, and walked into the River Ouse, in Lewes, East Sussex and drowned herself.  Her body was not recovered until the 18th April.  She was 59. 
  She left behind a note which read in part “Dearest, I feel certain that I am going mad again.  I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times.  And I shan't recover this time.  I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate.  So I am doing what seems the best thing to do”.

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  At "Lehmann's"

  Katherine Mansfield

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  In At Lehmann’s by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of innocence, vulnerability, appearance, confusion and desire. Taken from her In a German Pension collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Mansfield may be exploring the theme of innocence. Sabina believes Hans’ story about why his hands are so dirty even though the story is exceptionally far-fetched and borders on the impossible. What is also interesting about Hans’ story is that because Sabina believes Hans she pities him which may be important as it highlights how good natured Sabina is. She is unable to see any bad in Hans even though he is lying.

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  Les Misérables: Volume 2:...

  Victor Hugo

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  Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 - 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote abundantly in an exceptional variety of genres: lyrics, satires, epics, philosophical poems, epigrams, novels, history, critical essays, political speeches, funeral orations, diaries, and letters public and private, as well as dramas in verse and prose.
  BOOK 7: PARENTHESIS: Such being the case, and a convent having happened to be on our road, it has been our duty to enter it. Why? Because the convent, which is common to the Orient as well as to the Occident, to antiquity as well as to modern times, to paganism, to Buddhism, to Mahometanism, as well as to Christianity, is one of the optical apparatuses applied by man to the Infinite.

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  The Prince and the Pauper

  Mark Twain

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  "The Prince and the Pauper" by Mark Twain is a captivating historical fiction novel set in 16th-century England. The story revolves around two young boys who, despite their vastly different lives, find themselves embarking on a remarkable adventure that challenges their identities and perceptions of the world. Tom Canty, a young pauper living in the squalid streets of London, dreams of a life beyond his poverty and hardship. On a fateful day, he crosses paths with Edward Tudor, the young prince of England, who longs for a taste of the freedom and simplicity that Tom's life represents. Seizing an opportunity, the boys impulsively decide to switch places, setting in motion a chain of events that will forever alter their lives.

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  Notes from Underground - Audiobook

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Classic...

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  Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a groundbreaking psychological novel that delves into the mind of an unnamed narrator living in self-imposed isolation. In a series of monologues, he presents his cynical and often contradictory views on human nature, society, and free will. He refuses to conform to social expectations, rejecting the idea that people are rational beings driven by logic and progress. Instead, he argues that irrationality, spite, and self-destruction are essential aspects of human existence.In the second half of the novel, the narrator recounts key moments from his past, offering a deeper glimpse into his inner struggles. His interactions with others reveal his deep-seated resentment and inability to form genuine connections. Notes from Underground is a powerful and provocative examination of alienation and the human psyche, making it one of the most influential works in existential literature. Dostoevsky's exploration of self-awareness and inner turmoil continues to resonate with readers today.

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  Vision of Judgment A (Unabridged)

  H. G. Wells

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  "Written in the late 19th century by H. G. Wells and first published in The Butterfly (September 1899), (and collected in The Obliterated Man and Other Stories, (Dec 1925)) A Vision of Judgment is a short story in 9 sections. It portrays a Last Judgment in which God and the archangel Gabriel laugh at sinners and saints alike, embarrassing them until they flee "up the sleeve of God." After every human soul has taken shelter there, all of humanity, "enlightened" and "in new clean bodies," is given a second chance.

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