Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf Summary and Reviews
|
List Price: Our Price: $2.44 You Save: $10.56 (81%) Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Buy Used: from $0.01 (click here) Category: Book See more book details and other editions |
|---|
Book Reviews of Mrs. Dalloway
Book Review: makes you awe at woolf's ability to write....excellent
Summary: 4 Stars
So im a 17 year girl who read this for fun in 2 days. the first 30 pages are tough, especially if you arent used to the language. this is my first book by VW. I came away amazed at woolf's ability to write, she is now my favorite female writer ever. One thinks it is only the story of mrs dalloway but it contains lives of others. I love septimus. ALl i can say is that it kicks butt and you should read it.Book Review: mrs dalloway
Summary: 4 Stars
Mrs Dalloway is a book well written, it gives a very good example of real life. How people act, what kind of character they have.But my opinion is that it is a bit boring, there's no excitement.Book Review: probably my favorite book of all time
Summary: 5 Stars
It captures the very essence of transcendence. It's a literary miracle.Book Review: there it is
Summary: 5 Stars
Not for the weak of language, or the weak of heart. Her complex form is just another way to test the reader and their ability to piece things together, consider subjectivities, and not simply wait for the end to "close everything up" all nice and dandy. The Modernists, as herself, could not speak on any subject as if "they knew", and so prompted readers to question what they had once thought "they knew". If you can get your mind around the bends of her language, and see that it's really only a story about the life of a woman in one day, the beauty will become apparent to you. For the others, who are too quick to judge (and probably don't read much, anyway), it is their ultimate loss. Wonderful book and one can reread it (she wants you to) again and again, and there is always, as Ezra Pound would have desire, something new.Book Review: total "immersion" reading.......
Summary: 4 Stars
Virginia Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway is an intricate look at the everyday life of a woman, Clarissa Dalloway, who is preparing for a party she is giving. The words embroider themselves in tiny, perfect stitches across the page giving depth and nuance to every detail of the lives and the surroundings that enfold Clarissa Dalloway throughout this single day in her life. While some people may feel like they are drowning in all the detail, for me it was like pulling a blanket over my head with a flashlight and tucking myself away from the world for a total "immersion" reading experience. The way in which the lives mirror and oppose each other was an intricate balancing act that holds your attention until the end, when they touch each other, yet never collide. I was also interested in the frequent mentioning and comparisons using flowers, and researched Victorian Flower symbolism and was surprised at the interesting interpretations this posed.
This is a classic look at the talent and abilities of Virginia Woolf.