Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

Mrs. Dalloway is a famous novel by Virginia Woolf. Here are a few quotes.

Mrs. Dalloway is a complex and compelling modernist novel by Virginia Woolf. It is a wonderful study of its principal characters. The novel enters into the consciousness of the people it takes as it subjects, creating a powerful, psychologically authentic effect. Although quite rightly numbered amongst the most famed modernist writers--such as...

Virginia Woolf was revolutionizing the art of literature and creating a new literary form when she published "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1925. In this novel, Woolf explores many of life's dualities: life/death, sanity/insanity, and more. Read more about Clarissa Dalloway and Virginia Woolf's famous novel, "Mrs. Dalloway."

(1882-1941) British writer. Virginia Woolf was a prolific novelist and essayist, publishing more than 500 essays. Woolf was part of the Bloomsbury group. In "A Room of One's Own" (1929), she wrote, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Woolf committed suicide in 1941.

"It was a remarkable change of fortune for the 47-year-old New York-based author whose previous novels have been set at the messy junction where gay life meets family life in America. The Pulitzer is specifically given to a book that reflects the 'quintessential American experience'; Cunningham had increasingly been painted as a populist gay writer."

With the publication of "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1925, Virginia Woolf offered one of her greatest novels (some say the greatest) to the literary world.

"This walk combines Mrs Dalloway’s, from her house to Bond Street where she buys the flowers and hears the car backfire, with Rezia’s and Septimus' (who also hear the car at the same time) from there to Regent’s Park."

In "The Mrs. Dalloway Reader," Francine Prose brings together a unique collection of background material on the life and works of Virginia Woolf, centering around "Mrs. Dalloway." Read more about "The Mrs. Dalloway Reader," and learn about Virginia Woolf.

(1882-1941) British writer. Virginia Woolf was born on January 25, 1882, in London. Woolf became one of the most prominent literary figures of the early 20th century, with novels like Mrs. Dalloway (1925), Jacob's Room (1922), To the Lighthouse (1927), and The Waves (1931). Read more about the life and works of Virginia Woolf.