A Hounted House, and other Short Stories (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Modernist Tales of Memory, Consciousness, Ghosts, and the Fragile Persistence of LoveBy Virginia Woolf
Length4h 35m
About this audiobook
A Haunted House, and Other Short Stories gathers Virginia Woolf's brief fiction into a luminous display of modernist experiment. These stories often abandon conventional plot for moments of perception, memory, and emotional resonance, rendering ordinary rooms, gardens, streets, and social encounters as charged psychological spaces. With her characteristically fluid syntax, shifting focalization, and delicate symbolism, Woolf transforms the ghost story, domestic sketch, and social vignette into meditations on time, consciousness, loss, and the fragile persistence of love. Virginia Woolf, a central figure of the Bloomsbury Group and one of the defining innovators of twentieth-century literature, was deeply interested in the inner life and the inadequacy of inherited realist forms. Her essays and novels repeatedly question how experience may be represented, especially women's experience within domestic, artistic, and social constraints. These stories reflect the same concerns that shaped Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse: memory, perception, gender, and the elusive texture of being. This collection is highly recommended for readers seeking an accessible yet profound entrance into Woolf's art. It rewards close attention and invites rereading, offering miniature masterpieces that illuminate the breadth of modernist prose.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- The Author Biography highlights personal milestones and literary influences that shape the entire body of writing.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (5.8K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction
Length4 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 29, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Hounted House, and other Short Stories (Annotated)
11The Duchess and the Jeweller.
2Introduction
12Moments of Being.
3Author Biography
13The Man Who Loved His Kind.
4Historical Context
14The Searchlight.
5Synopsis (Selection)
15The Legacy.
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6The New Dress.
16Together and Apart.
7The Shooting Party.
17A Summing Up.
8Lappin and Lapinova.
18Analysis
9Solid Objects.
19Reflection
10The Lady in the Looking–Glass.
20Memorable Quotes
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