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One of One of Will Self's favourite books.
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.
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Mrs Dalloway Synopsis
'… it might be possible that the world itself is without meaning.'
Upper-class housewife Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party one June morning, when an encounter with an old suitor makes her question her marriage and brings up thoughts of her past. Meanwhile, veteran Septimus Smith suffers from shell-shock and battles with adjusting to normal life following World War I.
During Mrs Dalloway's party, the fates of Clarissa and Septimus intertwine with disastrous consequences.
About The Virginia Woolf Collection:
The Virginia Woolf Collection is comprised of six thought-provoking works. Classics such as Mrs Dalloway, Orlando, To the Lighthouse and many more delve into the historical, political and feminist issues prominent in the twentieth century. Woolf altered the course of modernist writing.
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