A Writer's Diary (Summarized Edition)
Enriched edition. Intimate stream-of-consciousness journals on craft, female subjectivity, and the making of a modernist legacyBy Virginia Woolf
Length3h 20m
About this audiobook
A Writer's Diary distills Virginia Woolf's notebooks into a sustained chronicle of artistic practice, tracing the composition of Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Waves, and the late essays alongside her reading, reviewing, and publishing work. Selected and arranged by Leonard Woolf from entries spanning 1918–1941, the volume foregrounds the workshop of modernism: experiments in voice and rhythm, candid reports of false starts and breakthroughs, and keen observations of London and the Sussex downs. The prose moves between quicksilver notations and lapidary meditation, revealing Woolf's method of tuning sentences to sensation; its context is the interwar literary world, the Bloomsbury conversations, and the evolving marketplace of little magazines and the Hogarth Press. Born into a distinguished literary family and central to the Bloomsbury Group, Woolf co-ran the Hogarth Press with Leonard, wrote groundbreaking feminist essays, and used her diary as a laboratory for craft, solace, discipline, and intellectual experiment. Essential for writers, scholars of modernism, and devoted readers, A Writer's Diary offers both a craft manual and a cultural history in miniature—an intimate, unsentimental companion to Woolf's fiction and essays that clarifies how an epochal style is made.
Quickie Classics summarizes timeless works with precision, preserving the author's voice and keeping the prose clear, fast, and readable—distilled, never diluted. Enriched Edition extras: Introduction · Synopsis · Historical Context · Author Biography · Brief Analysis · 4 Reflection Q&As · Editorial Footnotes.
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GenreLiterary Classics
Length3 hrs 20 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Synopsis
4Historical Context
5Author Biography
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6A WRITER'S DIARY (pt. 1)
7A WRITER'S DIARY (pt. 2)
8Analysis
9Reflection
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