Books

293 pages with page 47/8 worn at edges due to standing a little proud, endpapers age browning and a small inscription in pencil of "T. Wigley" (a book reviewer), old Boots Library label inside back cover on paste-down and a tipped in label at page 1, no library stamps on endpapers or the book (it was a shop library in London), ghost of a label on cover just seen, some pencil marginal marks (would erase), cloth worn and spine faded, pages 171/173 have a small brown spot to top edges, all pages clean other than the issues mentioned. Small thick octavo. * Note: In October 2005, Mrs Dalloway was included in TIME Magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since its first issue in 1925. It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. Originally the working title of Mrs Dalloway was The Hours. In Autumn 1922, Woolf began to think of the "Mrs Dalloway" short story as the first chapter of her new novel and she completed the manuscript in late autumn 1924. Synopsis: The book describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the story travels forwards and backwards in time to construct an image of Clarissa's life and the inter-war social structure. The novel addresses the nature of time in personal experience through multiple interwoven stories.

Mrs Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925. It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional high-society woman in post–First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels.