Mrs Dalloway (Collins Classics)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Mrs Dalloway (Collins Classics)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Virginia Woolf
SeriesCollins Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:224
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 111
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780007934409
ClassificationsDewey:823.912
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint William Collins
Publication Date 12 September 2013
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Clarissa Dalloway is a woman of high-society - vivacious, hospitable and sociable on the surface, yet underneath troubled and dissatisfied with her life in post-war Britain. This disillusionment is an emotion that bubbles under the surface of all of Woolf's characters in Mrs Dalloway. Centred around one day in June where Clarissa is preparing for and holding a party, her interior monologue mingles with those of the other central characters in a stream of consciousness, entwining, yet never actually overriding the pervading sense of isolation that haunts each person. One of Virginia Woolf's most accomplished novels, Mrs Dalloway is widely regarded as one of the most revolutionary works of the 20th century in its style and the themes that it tackles. The sense that Clarissa has married the wrong person, her past love for another female friend and the death of an intended party guest all serve to amplify this stultifying existence.

Author Biography

Virginia Woolf was an English novelist, essayist, short story writer, publisher, critic and member of the Bloomsbury group, as well as being regarded as both a hugely significant modernist and feminist figure. Her most famous works include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own.