Best Mystery & Thrillers Books of 2021

Mrs. Dalloway BY Virginia Woolf

𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠- 5/5

𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐫𝐞- Classic/psychological fiction

𝐏𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭- 208

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𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒂𝒙𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒃𝒔, 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒐𝒖𝒕, 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆; 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚, 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚.

-𝚅𝚒𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝚆𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚏

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The story is set in London; post-war Britain (1923) and it talks about the events that takes place from the morning of Wednesday till the evening of the same day.

Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is planning to give a party by the end of the day. So, the story begins with her getting ready and preparing everything for the party.

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• “Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.” This is the very first line of the novel but as you will proceed in the story you will find that Mrs. Dalloway is from a well to do family, yet she does every single thing on her own. This particular line introduces us not just to the character of Mrs. Dalloway but also her way of doing things.

• In the beginning I found it a bit difficult because of a vast number of characters but eventually I started loving the language in which Virginia Woolf has linked each character. I am not giving this book five stars for the plot. In general, the plot was very simple. I loved the way in which the book is written.

The writing style made me fall in love with this book. Virginia Woolf not only talks about the events that are taking place but also, she talks about what an individual might be thinking or let me rather use the term ‘Stream of Consciousness’.

• Virginia Woolf also pick themes like the place of women in society, how people used to deal with if particular person is having mental illness during those times and may other things that I found heavy but content rich.