To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface by Olivia Laing

To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface

Olivia Laing

279 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction memoir nature travel informative reflective relaxing slow-paced

Description

To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. One midsummer week over sixty years later, Olivia Laing walked Woolf's river from source to sea. The result is a passionate investigation into how his...

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Moods

reflective 93%
informative 66%
relaxing 43%
inspiring 27%
emotional 25%
adventurous 20%
challenging 14%
hopeful 12%
sad 12%
dark 8%
funny 6%
mysterious 6%
lighthearted 4%
tense 2%

Pace

slow 54%
medium 44%
fast 2%

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