Virginia Woolf

The String Quartet is a short story by Virginia Woolf, published in 1921 in the collection Monday or Tuesday. The narrative captures the sensory experience of a chamber music concert through a spectator’s mind immersed in a stream of thoughts and memories. As she watches the musicians and listens to the melody, her consciousness drifts between fleeting impressions of the audience, dialogues between strangers, and scenes evoked by the music. The fragmented and lyrical story explores the relationship between art and perception, allowing the harmony of the quartet to intertwine with the flow of memory and imagination.