Helene, the Countess Godwin, decides that it's time for a change after her husband, the Earl Godwin, has caused scandal after scandal for ten years.
Mrs. Dalloway
by Bradshaw, David, Woolf, Virginia
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Mrs. Dalloway
by Bradshaw, David, Woolf, Virginia
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Mrs Dalloway
by Bradshaw, David, Woolf, Virginia, (Adeline Virginia Stephen)
fromWorld's classics
'Fear no more the heat of the sun.' Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923. Clarissa Dalloway, the wife of a Conservative member of parliament, is preparing to give an evening party, while the shell-sho…
Mrs. Dalloway
by McNichol, Stella, Woolf, Virginia, Showalter, Elaine
fromPenguin classics
Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for 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 conver…
Mrs. Dalloway
by Bradshaw, David, Woolf, Virginia
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
"Set on a hot London day in June 1923, Mrs Dalloway explores both the raw hold of the past and the brighter potential of the future. The tragedy of the First World War is still a vivid presence, and the constraints of time and the freedoms of the mind, the abuse of power and the…
Mrs. Dalloway
by Woolf, Virginia, Showalter, Elaine, McNichol, Stella
fromPenguin classics
Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for 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 conver…
"Set on a hot London day in June 1923, Mrs Dalloway explores both the raw hold of the past and the brighter potential of the future. The tragedy of the First World War is still a vivid presence, and the constraints of time and the freedoms of the mind, the abuse of power and the…
"Betsey Thoughtless is the story of the slow metamorphosis of the heroine from thoughless coquette to thoughtful wife. Ironically, the most decisive moment in this development may be when Betsy decides to leave her emotionally abusive and financially punishing husband; it is onl…