Mrs Dalloway (Modern Fiction)
Virginia Woolfs masterwork Mrs Dalloway was at the vanguard of experimental, modernist novel-writing, and remains one of the supreme examples today. As Clarissa Dalloway prepares for a party in the evening, seemingly trivial incidents prompt her to undertake a searching reconnaissance into her memory, where she dwells on missed opportunities and aborted relationships. Set during the course of 24 hours, the novel draws subtle parallels between Clarissa, a polished high-society lady, and the shell-shocked war veteran, Septimus Smith; both are similarly transfixed by their pasts. Woolfs trademark, stream of consciousness prose masterfully captures the complex architecture of the inner life and the mind-set of inter-war society. This beautifully articulated novel is read by Juliet Stevenson whose reading of To the Lighthouse has become a Naxos AudioBooks bestseller.
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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.
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One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century (Michael Cunningham)
Woolf is Modern. She feels close to us. (Jeanette Winterson)
Woolf is Modern. She feels close to us. (Jeanette Winterson)
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- PublisherNaxos AudioBooks
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 9626341335
- ISBN 13 9789626341339
- BindingAudio CD
- Number of pages6
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