The Mark on the Wall

Virginia Woolf's first tale to be published is titled The Mark on the Wall. It was included in Virginia Woolf and her husband Leonard Woolf's first collection of short tales Two Stories which was released in 1917. Later in 1921 it was released in New York as a piece of a different collection titled Monday or Tuesday. The Mark on the Wall is a stream of consciousness monologue written in the first person. The narrator considers how the mind functions after observing a mark on the wall. Religion introspection nature and uncertainty are among topics that are discussed. The narrator thinks back on how mental patterns started to form in his or her early years.