Mark on the Wall

What is the mark on the wall? A shadow? A nail? Or something deeper?The Mark on the Wall is one of Virginia Woolf's most celebrated early short stories, a perfect, brief plunge into the Modernist style she would perfect in novels like Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse. From a comfortable chair by the fire, the narrator's eye catches a mysterious dark mark. What follows is a mesmerizing journey...