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A Year of Virginia Woolf: Volume II with Anne Fernald

4 Sessions Tuesdays, 6:00 pm EDT - 7:30 pm EDT March 31 to June 16, 2026

The Center for Fiction

The ‘With Books’ option includes the titles required for this group at a 10% discount from our Bookstore.

Meeting Dates:
3/31, 4/28, 5/26, 6/16
In Person at The Center for Fiction

This is the second installment of three reading groups dedicated to reading all ten of Virginia Woolf’s novels in order, from The Voyage Out (1915) to the posthumously published Between the Acts (1941). We will take on the flourishing, experimental middle of her career, starting with To the Lighthouse (1927); track her various experiments with form, character, narrative, and satire; and watch Woolf’s ideas develop and change over her career. There’s no need to be afraid of Virginia Woolf—all readers and re-readers are welcome.

This is the second of three reading groups in our yearlong exploration of Virginia Woolf’s catalog. Each session will cover a different set of books; readers are welcome and encouraged to sign up for each installment as it is announced!

Reading List:

What to read in advance of the first meeting: Please read To the Lighthouse in its entirety before the first session.

What to expect from this reading group: Unstructured, joyful, and gently guided conversation with biographical and historical context provided by the instructor.

Upcoming Programming: Continue your exploration of Modernist fiction in Pam Newton’s single-session reading and discussion group on Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” on April 27th.

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Led by

Anne Fernald

Anne Fernald

Anne Fernald is a professor of English and Women’s and Gender Studies at Fordham University. She is at work on a collective biography of modern women writers.

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