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Mrs. Dalloway

Author
Virginia Woolf
Language
English
Length
150 pages
ISBN
9781909438026
Published
9 February 2022
Imprint
Urban Romantics
  • London
  • Modernist Literature
  • Post-World War I
  • Upper-Class
  • Society
  • Time
  • Memory
  • Human Psyche
  • Social Class
  • Inner Lives

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Description

"Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf is a modernist masterpiece set in post-World War I London. The novel chronicles a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman preparing for a soirée. As the day unfolds, her thoughts and memories interweave with those of other characters, including war veteran Septimus Smith. Themes of time, memory, social class, and the impact of war on the human psyche are skillfully explored, offering readers a profound portrayal of inner lives and the complexities of human connections.

Author

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) grew up at Hyde Park Gate, the daughter of Leslie Stephen, and with Leonard Woolf founded the Hogarth Press — a marriage that was also a publishing house. Mrs Dalloway holds a London day until it rings; To the Lighthouse holds a family, a house, and the years that empty both. Consciousness is the plot. The sentences follow attention the way light follows a wall.

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