
Mrs Dalloway
Virginia Woolf(Author)
David Bradshaw(Editor)
Oxford University Press
Published on 17. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-953600-9 (ISBN)
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Description
'Fear no more the heat of the sun.'
Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, the wife of a Conservative member of parliament, is preparing to give an evening party, while the shell-shocked Septimus Warren Smith hears the birds in Regent's Park chattering in Greek. There seems to be nothing, except perhaps London, to link Clarissa and Septimus. She is middle-aged and prosperous, with a sheltered happy life behind her; Smith is young, poor, and driven to hatred of himself and the whole human race. Yet both share a terror of existence, and sense the pull of death.
The world of Mrs Dalloway is evoked in Woolf's famous stream of consciousness style, in a lyrical and haunting language which has made this, from its publication in 1925, one of her most popular novels.
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Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, the wife of a Conservative member of parliament, is preparing to give an evening party, while the shell-shocked Septimus Warren Smith hears the birds in Regent's Park chattering in Greek. There seems to be nothing, except perhaps London, to link Clarissa and Septimus. She is middle-aged and prosperous, with a sheltered happy life behind her; Smith is young, poor, and driven to hatred of himself and the whole human race. Yet both share a terror of existence, and sense the pull of death.
The world of Mrs Dalloway is evoked in Woolf's famous stream of consciousness style, in a lyrical and haunting language which has made this, from its publication in 1925, one of her most popular novels.
ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Virginia Woolf's writing takes considered reading but the reader is richly rewarded, the prose is wonderfully lyrical and she explores her characters brilliantly. * Heavenali Blog *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
1 map
Dimensions
Height: 195 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
182 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-953600-9 (9780199536009)
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Persons
Edited by David Bradshaw, Professor of English, Worcester College, Oxford.
Author
Editor
Professor of EnglishProfessor of English, Worcester College, Oxford
Content
Biographical PrefaceIntroductionNote on the TextSelect BibliographyA Chronology of Virginia WoolfMrs DallowayExplanatory Notes