A Haunted House

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was an English author, feminist, essayist, publisher, and critic. Now regarded as a classic feminist work, Woolf based her several essays on lectures she had given at women’s colleges at Cambridge University. Using such female authors as Jane Austen and Emily and Charlotte Bronte, she examined women and their position in literary history and need for independence. The Woolf’s feminist creed made her the significant figure in London literary society. Woolf proved to be an innovative and influential 20th Century author - in some of her novels the stream of consciousness technique is used to emphasize the psychological aspects of the characters.


“A Haunted House” is the classical example of interior monologue, that seeks to depict the numerous thoughts and feelings which pass through the mind of protagonist.  The story represents the character's thinking processes, that masterfully described by the author. “A Haunted House” is the great opportunity to begin the familiar with classical English literature and enjoy the writer masterpiece of Virginia Woolf!