Nutshell Summary

Woolf’s writing is quite complex and difficult to read. Some sections may need to be read a few times to properly understand what is being said or described. This difficulty is to do with Woolf’s style – as a prominent Modernist author, Woolf experimented with narrative structure and form. This includes flashbacks a stream of consciousness style where we delve into the minds of each character. Woolf also transitions seamlessly between the past and present and consistently shifts perspectives to further complicate the novel.