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Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf

The story of "Mrs. Dalloway," by Virginia Woolf, first appeared as a short story, "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street," published in 1923. The novel was published in 1925.
Mrs. Dalloway
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 Proust, Joyce and Lawrence--Woolf is often considered to be a much gentler artist, lacking the darkness of the male contingent of the movement.
Books About "Mrs. Dalloway"
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."
Books About Virginia Woolf
(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.
Driving Mrs Dalloway
"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."
Mrs. Dalloway & Her Descendents
With the publication of "Mrs. Dalloway" in 1925, Virginia Woolf offered one of her greatest novels (some say the greatest) to the literary world.
Mrs. Dalloway Walk in London
"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."
The Hours: A Descendent of Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway
Even after all these years, there is still more to discover in Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway," which is why it seems appropriate that Michael Cunningham should use Woolf's working title to name his book.
The Mrs. Dalloway Reader
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.

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