“ ” is a well curated collection of modernist short stories and flash fictions from an author who felt that “ ”, and who, in her earliest years, humorously toyed with the idea of founding a colony “ ”. The stories in this collection, which include: , , and , are experimental in nature and are quite straightforward examples of the fashionable Modernist stream of consciousness technique which was perfecting at that time. is considered one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential of intellectuals. Her best-known works include the novels and , and the book-length essay , with its dictum, " " suffered from severe bouts of depression throughout her life and took her own life by drowning in 1941 at the age of 59.