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9 June 2018
.this story takes place postwar. Clarissa dolloway is wife of Richard Dolloway, he is member of parliament. he is always busy in his meetings and meeting people. Clarissa dolloway feels so lonely and depressed. so she arranges parties frequently.in between this she tells about peter walsh whom she liked most but did not married for her own reasons.
she tells about septimus, he is survives in a war. after his friend evans death he loses his mind and finally ends his life.
this is a literary novel, the language is beautiful. the way she describes every feeling she felt and how she thinks about.
she tells about septimus, he is survives in a war. after his friend evans death he loses his mind and finally ends his life.
this is a literary novel, the language is beautiful. the way she describes every feeling she felt and how she thinks about.
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Top critical review
... purchases through amazon and each time they made me happy with the product quality
16 September 2016
I made a lot of purchases through amazon and each time they made me happy with the product quality.But this time i am disappointed with the printing quality of this book.Few pages are printed upside down and the paper quality is poor.Please do not spoil a readers expectation like this.
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14 July 2014
This is a excitingly bold book. It offers an experimental style of writing called 'stream of consciousness' (also used by James Joyce in Ulysses) which renders an unbelievable continuity to the otherwise disarrayed content. As the novel progresses, the similarities between Mrs Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith becomes more and more apparent. Woolf does a fine job in thinning the boundary between sanity and insanity. The themes of love and jealousy, the hold of the past and almost every other aspect is beautifully laid out. Read it for its exquisite language if for nothing else.
19 March 2018
A really wonderful and moving story written in the stream of consciousness style , describing a day in the life of people in the city of London including the titular character Mrs. Dalloway. The narrative flows smoothly , with the characters reminiscing about their past and present life. It is a novel about memories with people reflecting on the choices they have made . The parts dealing with Septimus Smith's memories (whose story runs parallel to Clarissa Dalloway ) are bit to difficult to understand and read , but still one gets what the Author is trying to convey and awed by the writing. Virginia Woolf captures Septimus' pain and anguish over the loss of his friend during WW! . And the lives of other characters as they move about with their lives including Clarissa is also depicted in a beautiful way. The prose is very poetic and dream like. This is a novel one should definitely read .
25 August 2019
One of the best book i have read.
Literature lovers just go for it.
Literature lovers just go for it.
31 January 2016
Not an easy read.High in literary content.Only English writers can write such books on such a thin story line.
