A review by fizreads
Between the Acts, by Virginia Woolf

4.0

I was interested to read that this was the last novel Woolf wrote and published after she took her own life. I felt I went into this book with a melancholic vibe. I have read Orlando by Woolf and I really liked that this novel, the action takes place on one summer's day in 1939 at Pointz Hall, a country house in the heart of England, where the villagers are presenting their annual pageant. The book weaves together the musings of several disparate characters and their reactions to the imminence of a war which is to change the pattern of history. I liked it, is probably not my favourite classic. Loved the writing but I switched of when it came to the play, but thankfully it is quite short. Great to read in the summer as well!

Quotes/
'The heart of the house', the threshold of the library, had once said: 'Next to the kitchen, the library's always the nicest room in the house.' Then she added, stepping across the threshold: 'Books are the mirrors of the soul.'

'Peace was the third emotion. Love. Hate. Peace. Three emotions made the ply of human life.'