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Zu schlau'n'schlank für ein bestimmtes Geschlecht? - Virginia Woolfs "Orlando" geistert durch vier Jahrhunderte. Mal als Mann, mal als Frau mischt er/sie historische Genderrollen auf und ist dabei doch immer dicht beim alten Shakespeare. Orlandos epische Zeit- und Weltreise, nimmt uns mit auf eine furiose Achterbahnfahrt der Gefühle. So wild die Kapriolen und so amüsant die Hakenschläge auch sein mögen, sind sie doch unerschütterlich durchtränkt von echt britischem Humor. Orlando, das ist Verführung pur.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. In this decade the equality of the sexes is now law. In real life it’s patchy. Power refuses to ebb or cede. In literary terms though women are again second to none with writing that strides confidently forward addressing the issues, the characters and the stories in unique and individual ways.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. A decade of monumental change and slaughter. Many of society’s telling questions are cast aside in times of that speak of greater needs, greater priorities. For these talented authors their ideas and words keep these magnificent stories at the forefront of our literary lives.

ഇരുപതാം നൂറ്റാണ്ടിലെ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് സാഹിത്യത്തെ ഏറ്റവും അധികം സ്വാധീനിച്ച പ്രതിഭയായിരുന്നു വെര്‍ജീനിയ...

वर्जीनिया वुल्फ़ ने केम्ब्रिज विश्वविद्यालय के दो महिला कॉलिजों में मूलत: 'स्त्रियाँ और कथा साहित्य' पर अक्टूबर...

Kew Gardens is a story of four pairs of people and shows the oddness in the decisions that shape human lives...

This story brings together Roderick Serle and Ruth Anning, two different personalities failing to communicate meaningfully. Serle is high with self-esteem and Anning on the other hand has retreated into a tiny world which excludes any dangers of engagement...

The story starts on a train, when the narrator looks up from her...

Isabella is a happy, middle aged...

The Searchlight starts with a group of friends having a drink at an outdoor cafe in London one night. An elderly lady tells the story about her ancestor which sounds very strange. Is she really sane?...

Moments of Being was written by Virginia Woolf at various periods of her life and with various personal intentions, which explore Woolf's relationship with her past...

The story contains an impressionistic account of a string quartet...

A Heron speaks as if he's a human being, thinking more about everything that he sees and he tries to figure out the truth about existence...

Milly Masters, a housekeeper is travelling in a third class carriage of a train and the story takes us to the family in the old country house where she works. Does she have some deeper connection with the dreadful family?...

The narrator notices a mark on the wall, and there starts his monologue on religion, self-reflection, nature, and uncertainties of life...

A Haunted House is a story of struggle, loss, commitment, connection, love and acceptance. It is narrated in the first person by an unnamed female narrator. A deceased man and woman roam the house for the majority of the story till they find what it is they are looking for...

Love. Perhaps the one word solution for everything. An emotion, a state of mind that we strive for, search for. A wondrous force that binds, inspires, and a force that can spin out of control; unbalanced and fragile. Love reflects, changes and embraces us all. In this series we explore the many facets of love through literary talents that span both time and country.

Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 - March 28, 1941) was an English writer from Kensington, London, who pioneered a narrative mode called "stream of consciousness" to describe the thoughts and feelings of the narrator. Regarded as one of the most prominent modernist 20th-century writers, Woolf's works have gained much attention for inspiring feminism, as well as, numerous films, novels, and plays. The following recording is from a radio broadcast on April 29th, 1937.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.