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Sin portada — Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway (1968, Chatto and Windus, Clarke, Irwin and Co.)

213 páginas

Idioma English

Publicado el 9 de agosto de 1968 por Chatto and Windus, Clarke, Irwin and Co..

ISBN:: 978-0-7010-0376-0
Número OCLC:: 475516053

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Virginia Woolf’s novel chronicles a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a politician’s wife in 1920s London, as she prepares to host a party that evening. The narrative follows Clarissa’s thoughts (and sometimes those of people she meets) as she goes about her errands, and events in the day remind her of her youth and friendships from the past. As the book progresses characters from the past emerge, igniting old feelings and making Clarissa question the life she has created for herself.

Mrs. Dalloway became the inspiration for Michael Cunningham’s 1998 novel The Hours.

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Jenny Jaybles reseñó Mrs. Dalloway de Virginia Woolf

I really loved parts of it

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If the entire book was just about Septimus, the young man with trauma from being in the war, and his wife and their story I would have thought this the greatest book ever. For some reason most of the book is about some snobby rich people and the two most interesting people are just a little side plot. Yes it's absolutely beautifully written and I cried about Septimus; but, I think this is going to be my least liked of Woolf's books. I have a feeling I might enjoy her other books better. I understand why people rave about it but I just could not bring myself to feel nothing but irritation and sometimes loathing for Mrs. Dalloway and the terrible people around her. If that was the point of the novel than it was well done but somehow I think I was supposed to feel bad for Mrs. Dalloway …

If the entire book was just about Septimus, the young man with trauma from being in the war, and his wife and their story I would have thought this the greatest book ever. For some reason most of the book is about some snobby rich people and the two most interesting people are just a little side plot. Yes it's absolutely beautifully written and I cried about Septimus; but, I think this is going to be my least liked of Woolf's books. I have a feeling I might enjoy her other books better. I understand why people rave about it but I just could not bring myself to feel nothing but irritation and sometimes loathing for Mrs. Dalloway and the terrible people around her. If that was the point of the novel than it was well done but somehow I think I was supposed to feel bad for Mrs. Dalloway for some reason, even though she's just an awful person. It is impressive how such tremendously beautiful and skillful writing could make character's I care nothing about make me feel interested enough in them to keep reading. A lot of authors are just not capable of this.