Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
GENRE Modernist fiction FIRST PUBLISHED 1925 PUBLISHED BY The Hogarth Press (1925) My copy, Vintage (2000) THEMES Disillusionment, society, high society, post war London, post traumatic stress, communication/lack of communication, inner thoughts vs action, being in love, parties, flowers, suicide READING TIME (audio, BBC Sounds) Approximately 7 hours (read just under half, listened to the rest) PURCHASED FROM The Works. Listened via BBC Sounds. PLOT Set over a day in London, in the summer of 1923, Mrs Dalloway prepares for a party. A friend returns from India and Clarissa Dalloway reflects on the past. The novel follows the thoughts of several characters through the style of a stream of consciousness - their inner worlds are the plot. MY REFLECTIONS The style of writing immediately had me gripped. It's so unique. It took some getting used to though. I could easily understand someone giving up on it. I first kept re-reading parts to make sure I'd...