Mrs. Dalloway
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3.7 • 101 Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
A landmark of modernist fiction, Mrs. Dalloway turns the ordinary events of a single June day into a powerful meditation on how lives are shaped by choices made and chances missed.
As Clarissa Dalloway moves through the city preparing for a party, her memories surface, revealing both the joy she feels in the world and the sorrow she keeps tucked away. Septimus Warren Smith, a traumatized World War I veteran, walks the same streets. Their paths never cross, yet their stories reflect each other—one hiding hurt behind social sparkle, the other carrying wounds no one can see.
Virginia Woolf writes with rare insight into how the mind moves, capturing the fragile beauty of everyday moments. Mrs. Dalloway illuminates the delicate balance between the outer life we show and the inner life we protect.
Customer Reviews
Mrs. Dalloway
Every now and I again, I dive into one of the classics. I really should look before diving headfirst. I can definitely understand the appeal of Virginia Wolfe’s writing style though it doesn’t have chapters and feels a bit like reading the thoughts in people’s heads, jumping from one to the next. She mixed in some romance, some intrigue, and a little terror as one character has a disturbing preoccupation with a knife.