Two soldiers travel across Italy at the height of summer: one is blind, graceful, gleefully vicious and wears a prosthetic arm; the other, 20 years his junior, is his guide. But as the men drink their way through the bars and brothels of Genoa, Rome and Naples, just who is guidi…
Two soldiers travel across Italy at the height of summer, passing through Genoa, Rome and Naples. One of the soldiers is blind, graceful, gleefully vicious and wears a prosthetic arm; the other, twenty years his junior, is his guide.
by Bradshaw, David, Woolf, Virginia
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
by Bradshaw, David, Woolf, Virginia
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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…
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…
"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…
This annotated edition of Viriginia Woolf's classic Mrs. Dalloway, named one of Time's 100 Best Novels, features an introduction by Women's Studies professor Bonnie Kime Scott, and is perfect for critical analysis in classrooms and beyond.This brilliant novel explores the hidden…
A poignant portrayal of the thoughts and events that comprise one day in a woman's life.