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Sorry, I just don't like the heavily stream of consciousness style of writing.
I forced my way through 20 pages of this - which is better than the two pages I managed on her The Waves or the two paragraphs of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. It's just not my type of book. ...more
I forced my way through 20 pages of this - which is better than the two pages I managed on her The Waves or the two paragraphs of Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury. It's just not my type of book. ...more
Mrs. Dalloway is a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a politician's wife, who is throwing one of her many parties. When the story begins, Clarissa is looking back at her life, three decades earlier, and the people who were her friends (Peter Walsh, Richard Dalloway), and she worries about the choices she has made in her life, including marrying Richard. During the story, there is another storyline taking place about the life of Septimus Smith, a war veteran, who is struggling with mental ill
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5 Stars
This was brilliant. I had a vague sense that Woolf might not be for me, but I’m so happy to be proven wrong.
At times I was swept away and didn’t even notice where it began or how I got there, I just existed, floating along with the waves of her writing.
Other times I was halted midsentence and it wouldn’t let me continue until every word had been taken in, every thought pondered.
I feel like I have barely begin to mine the wonders of this book. It feels like it will change and grow with ...more
This was brilliant. I had a vague sense that Woolf might not be for me, but I’m so happy to be proven wrong.
At times I was swept away and didn’t even notice where it began or how I got there, I just existed, floating along with the waves of her writing.
Other times I was halted midsentence and it wouldn’t let me continue until every word had been taken in, every thought pondered.
I feel like I have barely begin to mine the wonders of this book. It feels like it will change and grow with ...more
Very enjoyable read. Not at all what I expected. Great characters and wonderful descriptions of London and the times this book was set in.
Nov 02, 2012
Jennifer
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