I started A Room of One's Own today and got totally lost in her reverie before dinner was served so I was completely confused when she stopped mid-sentence and jumped to the next paragraph with dinner being served; it was quite vexing and I had to go back a page or two to figure out where I went wrong only to discover that she really did jump around like that. Kew and Mark on the Wall evoked similar emotions, although Kew was easier to picture because it was quite scenic. And what is a Beadle?
I'm not sure how to follow her reveries. I meander through my writings, too, sometimes and during conversation have been told it's difficult to follow me; now I know how frustrating it is! I did enjoy the Haunted House, though, and it gave me ideas for my second life project since the story is set in Asheham. I guess Woolf's writings just take some time to get used to. Perhaps Haunted House was easier to follow since it was shorter than the others and she didn’t jump around like a cat that’s trying to stay out of the bath tub.
I had seen the quote "One can not sleep well, live well, love well if one has not dined well" in Friend's Food with a Flair restaurant in Anderson, my favorite restaurant until the owners retired, and I'd always wondered who said that (it says Virginia Woolf, but the name didn't mean anything to me) so imagine my pleasant surprise when I found those very words in the first chapter of A Room of One's Own!