Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf (also rec’d by Gabriel García Márquez )
Buy on AmazonI am a huge fan of Virginia Woolf. I love the way she puts words together, and especially the way this book is structured. Two characters, Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, are struggling with the aftereffects of World War I and, in a way, both searching for meaning in their lives. Early on, Clarissa thinks, ‘What a lark! What a plunge!’ She uses all these exclamations and has this girlish way about her. For his part, Smith is running around rambling about universal love. He’s pass...
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"I am a huge fan of Virginia Woolf. I love the way she puts words together, and especially the way this book is structured. Two characters, Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, are struggling with the aftereffects of World War I and, in a way, both searching for meaning in their lives. Early on, Clarissa thinks, ‘What a lark! What a plunge!’ She uses all these exclamations and has this girlish way about her. For his part, Smith is running around rambling about universal love. He’s pass..."
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