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Mrs Dalloway

byVirginia Woolf

Who is this book for? Readers interested in modernist literature, psychological fiction, and character-driven narratives.

Topics Interpersonal relationshipsMemoriesSocial classIdentityTimeFeminismLgbtq+ themesMental healthNostalgiaSelf-reflectionLoveMental IllnessIsolation
MoodMelancholic, Reflective
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
Explicit scenesSuggestive Themes
With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University,Bakersfield.Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence.Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those of Septimus Warren Smith, whose madness escalates as his life draws toward inevitable suicide.

Language

en

Published on

08/05/1996

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781853261916

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