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By Lisa , the usurper · 365 posts · 704 views
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This is probably not the best choice for an audiobook. Woolf jumps in and out of so many POVs - it gets very confusing. Juliet Stevenson did an admirable job of reading, however, and I would listen to her read again.
The story itself I found interesting, particularly all the ways the different characters' lives entwine. I can see why a lot of people don't like it, but it's an era that intrigues me. There are so many undercurrents here - class, sexuality, mental illness. I could probably read it s ...more
The story itself I found interesting, particularly all the ways the different characters' lives entwine. I can see why a lot of people don't like it, but it's an era that intrigues me. There are so many undercurrents here - class, sexuality, mental illness. I could probably read it s ...more
Mrs. Dalloway was written shortly after James Joyce's Ulysses was published. They both do the stream of consciousness narrative thing, and Mrs. Dalloway even repeats some of the wandering around a famous UK city that takes place in Ulysses. But oh, how much more blessedly clear and understandable Virginia Woolf is. She uses conventional punctuation for one thing. There is also close to a complete absence of raunchy sex in Mrs. Dalloway, although Woolf's book still is very much about matters of t
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I actually watched the DVD (with Vanessa Redgrave) at the same time as reading the book and found that the one enhances the other. I don't think I would have enjoyed the book as much if I hadn't seen the film at the same time.
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