[HN Gopher] Virginia Woolf's list-making
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Virginia Woolf's list-making
Author : vinnyvichy
Score : 68 points
Date : 2024-07-15 01:52 UTC (21 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (www.ft.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.ft.com)
| shoggouth wrote:
| https://archive.ph/20240712074941/https://www.ft.com/content...
| inquirerGeneral wrote:
| Alternatively, FT has always allowed 95%+ of paywalls to be
| bypassed by being referred from Bing. Copy subject, Bing.com,
| paste, click FT, no paywall
| stanislavb wrote:
| Oh, what a "hack". I didn't expect that to be a thing.
| Thanks!
| _the_inflator wrote:
| Great catch! Many years ago this worked exceptionally well
| with Google translate.
| nanna wrote:
| Can't say this works for me, for this article at least.
| thunderbong wrote:
| This worked. Thanks!
| pxeger1 wrote:
| Anyone know why?
| westcoast49 wrote:
| I'm guessing it must be because of some kind of deal
| between Microsoft and Financial Times. If that's so then
| probably there are also similar deals with other
| publishers.
|
| Edit:
|
| ChatGPT seems to disagree with me:
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| https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e
| 5...
|
| (It says that it's more likely just an unintended side-
| effect of the mechanism that FT.com uses to let search
| engines like Bing or Google index their full articles.)
| JoelMcCracken wrote:
| This is what I've heard in the past: the companies want
| their articles to be recommended by search engines, but
| want the consumer to pay for it.
| miobrien wrote:
| Cool! Any other sites this works for?
| seanhunter wrote:
| For people who are interested in Virginia Woolf as a novelist, I
| would strongly recommend "Mrs Dalloway" as a starting point. It's
| an incredible novel - startlingly modern and beautifully
| written.[1]
|
| In terms of her essay writing, "A room of one's own"[2] is
| probably most famous/influential, although from a personal
| perspective I didn't find it as enjoyable to read as Mrs
| Dalloway. In general I prefer novels to essays so take that
| however you like.
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| [1] Btw my recommendation is don't read anything about it
| beforehand. Synopses/cliff notes/the wikipedia entry will
| probably ruin the experience for you. The book is about really
| getting inside the head of certain characters and understanding
| their thoughts and motivations. If that sounds interesting to
| you, then that's all you need to know to dive in.
|
| [2] https://victorianpersistence.wordpress.com/wp-
| content/upload...
| lifefeed wrote:
| On the other side, for people who are interested in Virginia
| Woolf as a novelist _and_ wanna get fucked up, check out
| "Orlando".
| seanhunter wrote:
| Yes indeed. It's quite a journey. I think I wasn't quite
| ready for it the first time so it's on my list to visit again
| soon.
| zzzbra wrote:
| I didn't realize the film was based on one of her works!
| Pretty neat
| mdmoll wrote:
| Followed by Jacqueline Harpman's Orlanda
| everybodyknows wrote:
| Why _Mrs. Dalloway_ rather than _To the Lighthouse_?
| seanhunter wrote:
| That is also of course a great novel but _Mrs Dalloway_ was
| the thing that really made me realise how special she was as
| a writer, so that 's what I would personally recommend. It
| may be that had such an impact on me because I read it before
| _To the Lighthouse_ and if I read them in the opposite order
| perhaps I would feel differently.
| bzhang255 wrote:
| I would agree with suggesting Dalloway before To The
| Lighthouse, because I think Dalloway is generally more
| concrete and attainable. To The Lighthouse takes Woolf's
| characteristic stream-of-consciousness interiority a step
| further and can also be very roundabout in its approach to
| the "thing" that a character is actually thinking about or
| trying to say. It's also a bit more experimental in its form,
| and can be overall a bit harder to "grasp". I think someone
| new to Woolf would benefit from having Dalloway as an
| opportunity not only to get used to her style of writing,
| which will help smooth the learning curve if you decide to
| read To The Lighthouse, but also to form a judgement of her
| in a more "typical" setting so that you can decide if she
| merits your working through her more experimental works.
| Cheers.
| aaroninsf wrote:
| Or _The Waves_ which is arguably the equal of _Ulysses_.
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