“Mrs. Dalloway” by Virginia Woolf is a novel set in post-World War I London. It follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman preparing for a party she will host that evening. The narrative delves into her thoughts and memories, particularly her reflections on her past and her relationships, including her old suitor, Peter Walsh.
The novel also explores the experiences of Septimus Warren Smith, a war veteran suffering from shell shock. His sotry runs parallel to Clarissa's, highlighting themes of mental illness and the impact of war.
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Virginia Woolf (born January 25, 1882, London, England—died March 28, 1941, near Rodmell, Sussex) was an English writer whose novels, through their nonlinear approaches to narrative, exerted a major influence on the genre. While she is best known for her novels, especially Mrs. Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), Woolf also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theory, literary history, women’s writing, and the politics of power. A fine stylist, she experimented with several forms of biographical writing, composed painterly short fictions, and sent to her friends and family a lifetime of brilliant letters.
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