[Vwoolf] The Battle of Jutland

Tue May 31 04:35:40 EDT 2016

Today is the centenary.

Have you ever noticed how odd-sounding is that repeated ref. to “the boy Curnow” in “Jacob’s Room”?  Well, I think it’s a ref. to, or echo of, Boy Cornwell, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Jutland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Cornwell

Cornwell is almost Cornwall, and Curnow is the Cornish for Cornwall.

Stuart
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