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Mar 15, 2024
Recommended in "The Sentence" by Louise Erdrich
Dec 26, 2023
from list in novel "The Sentence" and yes I read it before - many years ago
Oct 17, 2023tgilbo123 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Very flapper and Gatsby - ish. In fact better than Gatsby
Aug 13, 2023wyenotgo rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
In this, Virginia Woolf’s fourth novel, we are immersed in a society that strives to anaesthetize feelings, that frowns upon any display of passion; one that seeks “proportion” in all things. It’s the sexual politics of this milieu that…
Jul 31, 2023pozrob rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Read closely between the lines and one will find allusions to death by immersion or being swept away 'under the sea'. Was Virginia Woolf giving us a foretaste of what was to come in her own life? Aside from that, there is nothing I can say…
Oct 28, 2021trhwaupaca rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
The interlocking London wanderings of Clarissa Dalloway and her associates are delivered in sentences that border on reverie. In one day, the book examines the shell-shock of World War I soldiers, the high-pitched drama of various…
Jun 27, 2021alexqise rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This novel depicts one day of Clarissa Dalloway’s life, a British socialite. The interesting part of this novel is the combination of third-person narration and the thoughts of characters used in the writing. This makes the story focus…
Jun 21, 2021betsymarzoni rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
The novel takes us through one day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway as she prepares for one of her spectacular parties. It is set in the years just after The Great War when Great Britain and other countries are facing dramatic cultural and…
Oct 16, 2020red_beetle_206 rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Stream of consciousness, which is not my favorites fiction style. Excellent book of its type.
Apr 22, 2020AndreaG_KCMO rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
It only took me a full week to get through the first third of the book and finally begin enjoying it! Brilliant characterization; plot is, of course, minimal in Woolf's work. That and the pacing were my initial obstacles to moving forward…
Apr 10, 2020CORI D MORRIS rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A stream of conscience style of writing on the stage of New York and its high society blue bloods, told from the perspective of Clarissa Dalloway wandering through her memories of the past and lost loves. This is a fabulous book and the…
Jul 24, 2019gjfricano rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
From the very first sentence I couldn't help but be roped into Mrs. Dalloway. I first read it for a class in college, and this novel started a long appreciation for Woolf and her work. Mrs. Dalloway is, perhaps, best enjoyed when read…
Jun 21, 2019carolwu96 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
The reader follows many characters as they go through a single day, before all except one gather at Clarissa Dalloway’s (Mrs.Dalloway’s) party. Woolf stuffed a lot of different topics into the novel, such as women’s confinement to the…
Jun 19, 2019
book group
Dec 26, 2018dpcheney rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Recommended to me by a writing instructor. This is a profoundly intimate story in which the author both describes the characters and weaves the story entirely through their individual points of view. Taking place in a single day in post…
Oct 29, 2018kristenpfae rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I didn't hate this book, I didn't love this book. I found the story to be nothing special but having studied it in class this is what Woolf was going for. I don't think I personally would read it again but I see the appeal of this modern…
Oct 02, 2018Inga57 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Downtowner's Read It / Watch It Selection - Published in 1925, Mrs. Dalloway was a book ahead of its time, told within one 24 hour time period. My heart ached for Septimus whose transformation by the war was enormous and Woolf…
May 19, 2018DBRL_ReginaF rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
No one will ever accuse Virginia Woolf of being gripping or action packed. I can appreciate it for what it was at the time and I'm glad I read it but I won't feel the need to reread it.
Mar 15, 2018SylviaPlath4ever rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
I stopped reading about 75 pages in. Mrs. Dalloway is planning a party and there is a man who is depressed and suicidal. That's all I was able to make out. This book had no breaks. No chapters. It went on and on and on. Dull as watching…
Mar 14, 2018SPPL_Betsy rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Mrs. Dalloway is a glimpse into a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a woman preparing to host an evening party while at the same time, examining the past and present of her existence. She is overwhelmed with nostalgia after an…
Jan 25, 2018LiztheLibrarian rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
I appreciate that Virginia Woolf will forever be in the pantheon of amazing, must read authors, however this book just didn't do it for me. I hated the stream of conscience format.
Jan 16, 2016freckled2much rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is on my list of 100 Best Books by British Authors, and though I can see that it may belong there technically, I will refrain from adding it to my personal re-read collection. This book was beautifully written, but very difficult to…
Jan 07, 2016julia_sedai rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
This is the first Virginia Woolf novel I've read so it took a little while to get used to it. I did find it difficult to read at first but about midway through I started enjoying it a lot. She is a fantastic writer. I didn't care about the…
Jul 10, 2014
if you don't see this movie, you are not missing a thing
Jul 17, 2012jdhmsw rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Rereading this almost 40 years after my first reading and I am amazed at how well it holds up. The writing continues to be wonderful and engaging. The social commentary implicit in the characters thoughts and imagination also holds up…