tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077938022508723610.post6089964055727473586..comments2024-01-26T10:25:37.321+00:00Comments on Thoughts of The Common Reader: Phyllis and Rosamond 1906Flohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10312538685856436794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077938022508723610.post-14912737453972120792009-09-28T21:11:51.690+01:002009-09-28T21:11:51.690+01:00I was sort of disappointed in this story, but I...I was sort of disappointed in this story, but I'm not sure why. I am making an unfair comparison but, it is not as densely written or as shifting in point of view, not as blurring of the line between internal thoughts and objective description, which I found so mesmerizing in To the Lighthouse.<br /><br />Viriginia Woolf's stories are not that much about the plot. What you do get is the rich internal life of the characters. There is a storyline of sorts, but I wouldn't call it a plot. Rosamund and Phyllis get ready for a visit by two gentlemen, meet them, then to a party, then home. Their life revolves around looking for a husband. End of plot. However, within that story you find out that they don't like any of the men their parents have brought before them, yet, they are under pressure to get married.<br /> <br />The sisters were so humble, calling themselves “brainless” and “even if they had brains they wouldn't know how to use them.” That shocked me. They call themselves “just accomplished” because they believe having brains means you go to college and if you don't go to college you have no brains. Amazing thought today, but it probably reflects the story’s time and place. Don't know if they cared about having brains or not; certainly Virginia did, so what does it mean for her to put those words in Phyllis’s mouth: “I cannot make you understand that for one thing we haven’t the brains; and for another, if we had them we couldn’t use them. Mercifully the Good Lord made us fitted for our station.”Beethovenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01181774327696867137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077938022508723610.post-41488951819710251102009-04-10T14:19:00.000+01:002009-04-10T14:19:00.000+01:00Hi ZakIt would be great to hear your thoughts on h...Hi Zak<BR/><BR/>It would be great to hear your thoughts on her work, please keep posting as you read your way through.<BR/><BR/>looking forward to reading your comments<BR/><BR/>FloFlohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312538685856436794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077938022508723610.post-19496055041146078772009-04-10T08:10:00.000+01:002009-04-10T08:10:00.000+01:00I join you in your journey.It is strange that I fo...I join you in your journey.<BR/><BR/>It is strange that I found your blog in such a preliminary stage of your journey through the literary works of Virginia Woolf, because I too have decided to read her and you have inspired me to sync my reading with yours.<BR/><BR/>I read " Phyllis and Rosamond" today and was searching around the internet to find what I could about the backstory and what others had to say about it.<BR/><BR/>my email:<BR/>sharpturnslowchurn@gmail.com<BR/><BR/>I'd love to keep in contact with you, if you wouldn't mind.<BR/><BR/>ZakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077938022508723610.post-6594772522631383812009-04-06T17:22:00.000+01:002009-04-06T17:22:00.000+01:00hi there, you commented on my blog for the penguin...hi there, you commented on my blog for the penguin competition a couple of weeks ago and i've only just noticed it! thanks a lot for the comment - i took a break from that project for a while as i was too busy doing other things but the deadline is next week so i'm back into it now.<BR/><BR/>i really like how you're reading all of virginia woolf's work in chronological order, that's quite something to take on - and really interesting too. i find your post about old books and book covers interesting, i'm glad people judge a book by its cover as that's something i have to exploit when designing one!<BR/><BR/>anyway thanks again, have you read the secret history?<BR/><BR/>jordanJordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13818153427153153590noreply@blogger.com