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The Huffington Post recently ran a piece on word clouds formed from frequently used words in classic literary works. It says that word clouds from the works provide an “emotional, impressionistic interpretation of stories we’re used to analyzing methodically.”

Here is the word cloud created from Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. There are seven more created from the works of other writers at this link.

To the Lighthouse word cloud

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Kathleen Culliton on Bustle thinks some literary heroines should make New Year’s resolutions to repair what she terms their “fatal flaws.”

While some readers of Woolf may think Clarissa Dalloway lacks courage, Culliton’s view is that she thinks too much. Her prescription:  Think less.

think less

 

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