Mrs. Dalloway
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3.7 • 88 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post–First World War England. The novel addresses Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host one evening. With an interior perspective, the story travels forward and back in time and in and out of the characters' minds to construct an image of Clarissa's life and of the inter-war social structure.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
As Clarissa Dalloway prepares to host a party in 1920s London, she is unexpectedly reunited with her old friend Peter Walsh in a novel that shifts among the inner monologues of its many characters and is darkened by the terrors and hallucinations of parallel protagonist Septimus Smith. Juliet Stevenson s performance with its lyricism and lilt is perfectly matched to Woolf s text and transports the listener. Stevenson produces a delightful range of distinct voices her introspective, fragile Clarissa and stormy Peter are particularly strong.
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.