A review by spawn47201
Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories by Virginia Woolf

4.0

I really enjoyed this book! I did not think that any of the stories were inherently bad, but there were a few standout stories in my opinion. My three favorite stories in this collection were A Mark on the Wall, A Society, and The Unwritten Novel. A Mark on the Wall is about a literal mark on a wall but delves into the narrator trying to assign different descriptions to what the mark actually is, in the end the mark is truly revealed. This is a great story that explores the associations between the narrator and a given character and vice versa. A Society is a powerful feminist tale. It explores the creation of a secret society to study the endeavors of men to see if they are truly worth bringing into the world. At the time and even today parents must sacrifice a lot for their children and the story does a great job of trying to come to terms with weighing the options of the choice to have children. The Unwritten Novel has some aspects in common with A Mark on the Wall in regards to exploring how the narrator interacts/sees an object/person. The Unwritten Novel has a much stronger focus on how this relates to a person and the narrator’s imagination starts making associations about the person’s character. It is a people-watching type of story and in the end, most of if not all of the associations that the narrator makes about the person they are watching are proven untrue. It does a great job of making the point to not start making judgments about others.