By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
‘Solid Objects’ is not as well-known or widely studied as some of Virginia Woolf’s other short stories, such as ‘The Mark on the Wall’ or ‘Kew Gardens’, but it is one of the most consummate statements of her modernist aesthetic.
By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)
‘Solid Objects’ is not as well-known or widely studied as some of Virginia Woolf’s other short stories, such as ‘The Mark on the Wall’ or ‘Kew Gardens’, but it is one of the most consummate statements of her modernist aesthetic. We’ll put together some thoughts on this story on Thursday, but in the meantime, here’s a brief summary of the ‘plot’ (if that word can even be used about such a story) of ‘Solid Objects’; the story itself can be read here.