Mrs. Dalloway (HARVEST/H B J BOOK) - Softcover

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Woolf, Virginia

 
9780156005555: Mrs. Dalloway (HARVEST/H B J BOOK)

Synopsis

Seventy years after its original publication, the impressive film adaption of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway will amaze and delight all readers being introduced to Clarissa Dalloway. Reprint. Movie tie-in.

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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)

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