The Mark on the Wall

What is the mark on the wall? A shadow? A nail? Or something deeper?

The Mark on the Wall is one of Virginia Woolf's most celebrated early short stories, a perfect, brief plunge into the Modernist style she would perfect in novels like Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.

From a comfortable chair by the fire, the narrator's eye catches a mysterious dark mark. What follows is a mesmerizing journey of the mind, a stream-of-consciousness exploration that moves fluidly from speculation about the mark's origin to meditations on history, gender roles, life's impermanence, and the nature of thought itself.

This story is a masterclass in:

Psychological Depth: The inner world of the narrator becomes the landscape of the story.

Philosophical Inquiry: Questioning the rigid structures of society and logic.

Modernist Innovation: A concise, groundbreaking example of breaking traditional narrative forms.

If you appreciate literary fiction, psychological depth, and the intricate beauty of language, this short story is an essential read from one of the 20th century's greatest writers.

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