Dalloway reshape our sense of ordinary life and reshaped English literature as we know it. From the introspective Clarissa, to the lover who never fully recovered from her rejection, to a war-ravaged stranger in the park, the characters and scope of Mrs. And, met with the realities of the present, Clarissa reexamines the choices that brought her there, hesitantly looking ahead to the unfamiliar work of growing old. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, she is flooded with remembrances of the past-the passionate loves of her carefree youth, her practical choice of husband, and the approach and retreat of war.

Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of preparation for a party while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. This brilliant novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a womans life and is one of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century (Michael Cunningham). Book Synopsis The annotated, authorized edition of a great literary masterpiece of the twentieth century with commentary by Womens Studies professor Bonnie Kime Scott. Dalloway, perfect for critical analysis in classrooms and beyond. About the Book Bonnie Kime Scott, a womens studies professor, presents an annotated edition of Virginia Woolfs classic novel Mrs.

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