The Mark on the Wall
The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf.[1] It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called Two Stories.[2] It was later published in New York in 1921 as part of another collection entitled Monday or Tuesday.
Summary
The Mark on the Wall is written in the first person, as a "
Reception
Woolf's style in The Mark on the Wall has been frequently analyzed by literary writers; the story is used as an example of introspective writing.[3][4][6]
The story acted as the foundation for the music theatre "The Mark on the Wall“ by
American rock band Modest Mouse is named after a line from this story.
Publication
The Mark on the Wall has been included in a number of anthologies.
- Woolf, Virginia. "A Mark on the Wall." The Norton Anthology of English Literature.Vol. F. Ed. 8th ed. Ed.Stephen Jahan Ramazani; Greenblatt; M. H. Abrahms; Jon Stallworthy. New York: W. W. Norton, 2005.
- Woolf, Virginia. "A Mark on the Wall." Haunted House and other stories. Hogarth Press, London, 1944.[5]
- Woolf, Virginia. (28 March 2014). Monday or Tuesday: Eight Stories. Start Classics. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-60977-494-3.
- Woolf, Virginia. "The Mark on the Wall." The Wordsworth Collection of Classic Short Stories. Wordsworth editions, 2007. pp. 1334-.
References
- ISBN 0-8223-8782-4.
- ISBN 978-1-139-45788-0.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-520-03980-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-521-89694-8.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-84631-223-6.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4426-4313-0.
External links
Mark on the Wall, The public domain audiobook at LibriVox
