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"What does the brain matter,” said Lady Rosseter, getting up, “compared with the heart?”
Mrs. Dalloway ~~~ Virginia Woolf
I didn't realize this until the final page, but at its heart, MRS. DALLOWAY is a love story. I absolutely loved this book.
Mrs. Dalloway is a complex, compelling novel. It is wrongly described as a portrait of a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway; this is not correct. Mrs. Dalloway is the hub that connects the spokes, the characters of Woolf's novel, but there is no main ...more
Mrs. Dalloway ~~~ Virginia Woolf
I didn't realize this until the final page, but at its heart, MRS. DALLOWAY is a love story. I absolutely loved this book.
Mrs. Dalloway is a complex, compelling novel. It is wrongly described as a portrait of a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway; this is not correct. Mrs. Dalloway is the hub that connects the spokes, the characters of Woolf's novel, but there is no main ...more
OK. How to begin? I read all of these beautifully written reviews praising Mrs. Dalloway and I end up feeling like I let the book down, not the other way around. There were some passages that I thoroughly enjoyed; even so, I was left underwhelmed by the end. This is not a book to sink into, like you would a warm bath. It's more like being pulled on an inner tube by a boat in choppy water. One minute you're here, the next minute you're over there, and the next minute you've flipped upside down an
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Initially hard to get into since there is no traditional plot, but I really liked how the characters fleeting emotions were teased out especially Mrs. Dalloway's relationship with Sally and Peter. In the end, you really do feel like you are taking an empathic trip through Mrs. Dalloway's life. I also like the characters animosity between the religious servant and high society Mrs. Dalloway. I think it may serve as a social commentary between the the liberal elite and the religious right of today
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So, meh. I read it, it was okay. Took about an hour so not much time lost. Before Woolf fans jump down my throat, I LIKE Woolf's writing. LOVE A Room of One's Own. But this one left me lukewarm.
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Does the word BORING mean anything? Clarissa wants to throw a party to help her feel important and all day we switch from character to character and hear their thoughts on what? After reading it, I still can't really say. Suicide, snobbery, jealousy are all here somewhere, but her style of writing doesn't let you know who is thinking it or why. This is a very tedious book.
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