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Mrs Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
challenging
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This is my second reading of Mrs Dalloway. I read it to celebrate the book's 100th year in publication. Quite a remarkable feat!
I borrowed an e-reader copy from my local library. I don't remember reading this novella on an e-reader. It requires concentration on the part of the reader. Its not a book to read a few lines of while waiting for your latte to froth. But since I already knew the story, the format was okay for me.
I find this book immensely inspiring as a writer. No, I'm not trying to write every thought every character thinks but I find it remarkable that Woolf did!
The party scene is so fantastic. The anxiety of working a room, the nervousness of mixing the wrong people for an evening, the fatigue of all the bustling. She captures it all without telling the reader any of it.
Interestingly this time through I really focused on Peter Walsh and Clarissa Dalloway. Last time, I was very drawn to Septimus and Rezia Warren Smith. I love how that happens with re-reads.
I love this book. Its short, but I find it takes just as long as a 350-pager to read it. I go slow and puzzle it out trying to figure out what Virginia Woolf wanted me to see and feel. Brilliant.
I borrowed an e-reader copy from my local library. I don't remember reading this novella on an e-reader. It requires concentration on the part of the reader. Its not a book to read a few lines of while waiting for your latte to froth. But since I already knew the story, the format was okay for me.
I find this book immensely inspiring as a writer. No, I'm not trying to write every thought every character thinks but I find it remarkable that Woolf did!
The party scene is so fantastic. The anxiety of working a room, the nervousness of mixing the wrong people for an evening, the fatigue of all the bustling. She captures it all without telling the reader any of it.
Interestingly this time through I really focused on Peter Walsh and Clarissa Dalloway. Last time, I was very drawn to Septimus and Rezia Warren Smith. I love how that happens with re-reads.
I love this book. Its short, but I find it takes just as long as a 350-pager to read it. I go slow and puzzle it out trying to figure out what Virginia Woolf wanted me to see and feel. Brilliant.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide