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This is a story from the Classic Women's Short Stories collection.

The Mark on the Wall is the first published story by Virginia Woolf. It was published in 1917 as part of the first collection of short stories written by Virginia Woolf and her husband, Leonard Woolf, called Two Stories. It was later published in New York in 1921 as part of another collection entitled Monday or Tuesday. The Mark on the Wall is written in the first person, as a "tream of consciousness" monologue. The narrator notices a mark on the wall, and muses on the workings of the mind.

Adeline Virginia Woolf (January 1882-1941) was an English writer and one of the preeminent modernists of the 20th century. 'The Mark on the Wall' is a description of a chain of thoughts inspired by catching sight of a mysterious mark on the wall. It does not matter what the mark actually is.... What is important is the imaginative images and philosophical considerations which it stimulates in her brain.

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En La marca en la pared, Virginia Woolf lleva al lector a un viaje introspectivo, observando una mancha en la pared. La narradora, mientras intenta identificar la marca, se sumerge en una serie de reflexiones y pensamientos que abarcan desde la naturaleza de la vida hasta cuestiones filosóficas. La historia es una obra maestra del monólogo interior, representando una exploración íntima de la mente humana, que culmina en una revelación inesperada sobre la marca.