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Surely this must be a stroke of good luck. Blog prompt host Linda has selected the word “review” for March 14 2026’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday’s prompt (SoCS). This entire blog is about book reviews and product reviews. It is rare that a prompt coincides with a blog’s intention. This blog has a catalog page…
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What did Josef eat for breakfast on the morning two policemen arrested him? Josef ate one apple for breakfast. This detail can be read from The Trial by Franz Kafka. The story says the 2 policemen suggested he should buy breakfast from a shop opposite but Josef declined. If you buy from this weblink, I…
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No, Doris Kilman does not like parties. She wanted to keep Elizabeth Dalloway with her, so that she could not return home, to get ready for her mother’s party. Doris wasn’t invited to attend Mrs Dalloway’s party. It was probably because the party guests would belong to a different social class that Miss Kilman couldn’t…
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Gifty wrote about this incident on page 19. It seemed Nana threw a tantrum because he was under the influence of drugs. On page 31, Gifty said Nana was 15 years old when their mother discovered some loose Oxycontin pills in his bedroom. Their mom didn’t know how to deal with this discovery. By page…
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Does Doris Kilman live for a secret ambition? Miss Kilman is German. Her surname used to be spelt Kiehlman. After World War I, the British and people all over the world, hated Germans. She felt she was biased against. Not only born poor, clumsy and unattractive, Doris lost her first good job. Now she works…
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Mrs Dalloway rejected Doris Kilman because in her opinion, ” ……. but love and religion would destroy that, whatever it was, the privacy of the soul.” (Woolf, p. 116) Clarissa Dalloway loved to keep her boundaries and privacy. Miss Kilman loves to convert people and that, according to Mrs Dalloway, meant not allowing people to…
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Mrs Dalloway dislikes Doris Kilman because the latter tries to convert people, to believe and follow her church. Clarissa thought, “Did she not wish everybody merely to be themselves? (Woolf, p. 116) Related post: This is the main book review https://booksreviewsandmore.com/why-does-peter-walsh-have-an-axe-to-grind-with-clarissa-dalloway/
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Ronel Janse van Vuuren’s short story “Unseen” was interesting. I received a free copy of. the file when I subscribed to her newsletter via email. You can read Unseen too, when you subscribe to her newsletter. Unseen is in the genre of dark fantasy, as it contains folklore, fairies, gremlins, monsters and etc. I seldom ever…
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Elizabeth Dalloway desires to work in jobs like being a doctor or farmer. Elizabeth was determined to become “either a farmer or doctor” but she lacked discipline as she was “rather lazy”. (Woolf, p. 126)
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It was because Elizabeth “was extremely immature, like a child still, attracted to dolls, to old slippers; a perfect baby; ……. ” (Woolf, p. 127) Back then in that era, adult young women were not commonly seen to be still liking dolls, or attached to old personal possessions. Related post This is the main book…