Classics Literary 1925

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Published in Spanish as Señora Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925 that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post-First World War England.

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What it is

All in one day, one night or one summer · comforting, like coming home

What happens in it

One day, one summer

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How it's told

Who tells it
A narrator who knows it all
Pulls you in with
How it's written
Style
Literary
Prose
Lyrical

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • how it's written matters to you as much as what happens
  • you like a book that stays with you for days
  • you like a book that makes you think

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