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upnorth's review
4.0
I'd read all of her later journal and most of her other books before reading this one. If you are deeply interested in her work, or in the development of a great writer, this is well worthwhile. Woolf overcame a lot of emotional and psychological instability with sheer doggedness and a fine work ethic, and started early. She is consciously practicing in most of these entries, writing descriptions, working out ideas, and she improves steadily of course. She begins to publish book reviews and essays and starts writing her first novel. By the end she is questioning what kind of artist she wants to be, what is possible for her, and has begun to develop an identity as an artist.
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