Mrs. Dalloway (Annotated) - Softcover

Woolf, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156030357 ISBN 13: 9780156030359

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2005

Synopsis

Harcourt is proud to introduce new annotated editions of three Virginia Woolf classics, ideal for the college classroom and beyond. For the first time, students reading these books will have the resources at hand to help them understand the text as well as the reasons and methods behind Woolf's writing. We've commissioned the best-known Woolf scholars in the field to provide invaluable introductions, editing, critical analysis, and suggestions for further reading. These much-awaited volumes are the first of many annotated Woolf editions Harcourt plans on publishing in the coming years.

This brilliant novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Direct and vivid in her account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparations for a party she is to give that evening, Woolf ultimately managed to reveal much more; for it is the feeling behind these daily events that gives Mrs. Dalloway its texture and richness and makes it so memorable.

Annotated and with an introduction by Bonnie Scott

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Review:

Clarissa Dalloway is civilised--without the ostentation of a socialite, but with enough distinction to attract them to her parties. She finds excess offensive, but surrounds herself with the highest quality and has an abhorrence for anything ugly or awkward. Mrs. Dalloway is as much a character study as it is a commentary on the ills and benefits society gleans from class. Through Virginia Woolf, we spend a day with Clarissa as she interacts with servants, her children, her husband, and even an ex-lover. As she plans and executes one of her celebrated parties, she reveals inner machinations incongruous with her class-defined behaviors, that ultimately enable her to transcend them.

Review:

One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century (Michael Cunningham)

Woolf is Modern. She feels close to us. (Jeanette Winterson)

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0156030357
• ISBN 13: 9780156030359
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 300