'She always had the feeling that it was very,very dangerous to live even one day'On a June morning in 1923,Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London,Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the party reaches its glittering climax. Here,Virginia Woolf perfected the interior monologue and the novel's lyricism and accessibility have made it one of her most popular works.The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers'editions of the best fiction in English,from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241341117Number of pages: 192Weight: 145 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 11 mm
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One of the few genuine innovations in the history of the novel-New YorkerOne of her greatest achievements,a book whose afterlife continues to inspire new generations of writers and readers-Guardian
Virginia Woolf
A titan of twentieth-century literature,a feminist icon and a figurehead of the modernist movement in Britain,Virginia Woolf remains one of the most daringly experimental writers in print. Her works include Mrs Dalloway,To the Lighthouse and Orlando and the pioneering non-fiction collection A Room of One's Own.
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