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Mrs Dalloway - Collins Classics
Virginia Woolf

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Paperback (12 Sep 2013)


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Clarissa Dalloway is a woman of high-society - vivacious, hospitable and sociable on the surface, yet underneath troubled and dissatisfied with her life in post-war Britain. This disillusionment is an emotion that bubbles under the surface of all of Woolfs characters in Mrs Dalloway.


Centred around one day in June where Clarissa is preparing for and holding a party, her interior monologue mingles with those of the other central characters in a stream of consciousness, entwining, yet never actually overriding the pervading sense of isolation that haunts each person.


One of Virginia Woolfs most accomplished novels, Mrs Dalloway is widely regarded as one of the most revolutionary works of the 20th century in its style and the themes that it tackles. The sense that Clarissa has married the wrong person, her past love for another female friend and the death of an intended party guest all serve to amplify this stultifying existence.


Product details

Format Paperback | 224 pages
Dimensions 111 x 178 x 14mm | 130g
Publication date 12 Sep 2013
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint William Collins
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN13 9780007934409
Bestsellers rank 14,379