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Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf recounts the experiences of several Londoners over the course of a single day in June 1923. During this time, a peaceful atmosphere prevails and individuals reflect ...
Mrs. Dalloway, one of Virginia Woolf’s best-known novels, was published in 1925. The entirety of the novel takes place over the course of one day in London, in June of 1923. At the start of the novel, in the morning, Clarissa Dalloway, the protagonist, makes last-minute preparations for her party scheduled for that evening. As the day ...
Aug 9, 2024 · Mrs. Dalloway is notable for its portrayal of a society woman that is both captivating and unsettling. Woolf addresses the life cycle of one generation of women as it prepares to repeat in the ...
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Mrs. Dalloway is mostly written in “free indirect discourse,” a style in which the third-person narrator often slips into the voice of the character they are describing. Woolf only occasionally uses quotation marks to denote speech, and often a character’s musings are mingled with their perceptions or actions in reality.
Mrs. Dalloway . Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself. For Lucy had her work cut out for her. The doors would be taken off their hinges; Rumpelmayer’s men were coming. And then, thought Clarissa Dalloway, what a morning—fresh as if issued to children on a beach. What a lark! What a plunge!
