Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
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Mrs. Dalloway

Author: Virginia Woolf

Narrator: Phyllida Law

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/01/2011

Synopsis

Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved.In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is shell-shocked and on the brink of madness. Smith’s day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches its glittering climax.Past, present, and future are brought together on a momentous June day in 1923.

About Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century, transformed the art of the novel. She was a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. The author of numerous novels, collections of letters, journals, and short stories, she was also an admired literary critic and a master of the essay form.

About Phyllida Law

Phyllida Law, a Scottish actress, has appeared in Monarch of the Glen and Waking the Dead. Born in 1932, she is also the mother of actresses Emma Thompson and Sophie Thompson.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Maggie on March 27, 2008

Hands down, my favorite book in the entire universe. I have a copy at home, a copy in my apartment, and a copy at work. All are care-worn, dog-eared, highlighted, underlined, creased, and well-loved. A beloved professor once told me that I will appreciate this book at 20 and I will appreciate it for......more

Goodreads review by Grady on June 08, 2010

A Brilliant Writer Negotiates the Works of a Brilliant Writer Francine Prose is one of our more important writers (novels 'Blue Angel', 'After', 'A Changed Man', 'Primitive People'; probing biographies 'Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles'), a writer with a profound respect of the past, for the art of wr......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on August 03, 2011

Reading Mrs. Dalloway has changed my life. Being my first Virginia Woolf novel, I was tentative with it, afraid from what I had heard that it would be dreadful and hard to read. After Mrs. Dalloway, however, I find that there is not enough Virginia Woolf in the world to satisfy my cravings! It has b......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on July 21, 2021

Interesting to read Woolf's diary and the short stories plus thoughts from other writers regarding Mrs. D.......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on April 01, 2019

I have had this book on my shelf for a while. It was finally time to crack it. To be honest, I skipped all the critical essays and reviews, which were interestingly in the front of the reader, because I wanted to get right to the novel. It is a difficult read. It's a monumental read. I skipped back......more

Quotes

“Mrs. Dalloway, often called Woolf’s most accessible novel..[especially as] narrated by the charming Scottish actor Phyllida Law.” BookRiot (audio review)

“Phyllida Law’s beautiful reading may be the perfect way to experience Woolf’s modernist masterpiece…Law’s ability to render distinctions of class, of age, of sex, and of temperament is glorious, and makes for a gem of a literary experience. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

Awards

  • Time Magazine's Best 100 English-Language Novels from 1923–2005
  • AudioFile Earphones Award
  • USA Today Bestseller
  • BookRiot Pick
  • New York Public Library Staff Pick
  • London Times Pick
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