Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

ISBN 10: 1529946328 / ISBN 13: 9781529946321

Published by Random House UK Ltd Mai 2025, 2025

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Neuware -Celebrate the 100th birthday of a groundbreaking novel with this very special hardback based on the first edition published by the Hogarth Press.Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.Clarissa Dalloway is preparing to give a party. Over the course of one day, as she readies her house, Clarissa is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life.Virginia Woolf started writing Mrs Dalloway in 1922 as a short story. Its publication in 1925 was met with modest commercial success but the novel went on to become one of the most vital works of literature of the last century.The text of this centenary edition of Mrs Dalloway is based on the original Hogarth Press edition, published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf on 14 May 1925. The dust jacket features the original cover created by Virginia Woolf 's sister, Vanessa Bell, for the Hogarth Press. Beneath the cover 'deep rust' boards printed in gilt take inspiration from the finish of the first trade edition.'Sheer magic' Daily Mail'One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century' Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mrs Dalloway
• Publisher: Random House UK Ltd Mai 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529946328
• ISBN 13: 9781529946321
• Binding: Buch
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Dimensions: 218W x 139H x 35D millimeters 218 millimeters width by 139 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 406 grams

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Synopsis

Celebrate the 100th birthday of a groundbreaking novel with this very special hardback based on the first edition published by the Hogarth Press.

Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.

Clarissa Dalloway is preparing to give a party. Over the course of one day, as she readies her house, Clarissa is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life.

Virginia Woolf started writing Mrs Dalloway in 1922 as a short story. Its publication in 1925 was met with modest commercial success but the novel went on to become one of the most vital works of literature of the last century.

The text of this centenary edition of Mrs Dalloway is based on the original Hogarth Press edition, published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf on 14 May 1925. The dust jacket features the original cover created by Virginia Woolf ’s sister, Vanessa Bell, for the Hogarth Press. Beneath the cover ‘deep rust’ boards printed in gilt take inspiration from the finish of the first trade edition.

''Sheer magic'' Daily Mail

''One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century'' Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours

About the Author

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.