Mrs. Dalloway

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Mrs. Dalloway

by Virginia Woolf
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    Saff

    saff

    • Rated 5 stars
    12 books / 0 friends / 4 groups

    What can I say - Woolf is one of my favourite authors and I was blown away by this novel the first time I read it. I find myself going back to it again and again. Her beautiful way with words coupled with her unrivalled ability to explore the deepest recesses of the human mind make for a dense but ultimately rewarding read. The most common thing I hear about Woolf's work, and especially this novel in particular, is that it doesn't have any real plot. To me that's missing the point of what she was trying to achieve and overlooks the essence of what makes this novel so great. No, there is no real plot but Woolf was a keen and brilliant observer of human nature and her talents lie foremost in translating human experience onto the page in the purest and most lucid way possible. There's no plot because our minds don't work in a linear sequence of beginning-middle-end. My advice to any would-be readers of Mrs Dalloway is don't try to understand everything in this novel, just go with the flow of the narrative and enjoy it for what it is, which is writing at its absolute best.

    saff posted this review Saturday, October 20 2007.
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    Graham

    graham

    • Rated 5 stars
    91 books / 52 friends / 15 groups

    This, in my opinion has got to be one of the best books ever written. Woolf throws out the rule book on novel writing and goes for a new experimental approach which works perfectly. All characters are three dimensional and real. A true pleasure to read.

    graham posted this review Sunday, August 12 2007.
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    oiseau_blanc

    oiseau_blanc

    • Rated 5 stars
    452 books / 42 friends / 21 groups

    changes one's idea of what a novel can be. written with amazing dexterity. felicitous.

    oiseau_blanc posted this review 10 days ago.
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    Christina J

    christina j

    • Rated 3 stars
    27 books / 0 friends / 0 groups

    V. well written, obv. But I got lost at parts when the narrative followed characters that I didn't find interesting.

    christina j posted this review 3 weeks ago.
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    Christine B

    christine b

    • Rated 2 stars
    643 books / 33 friends / 41 groups

    I really don't understand what all the fuss was about concerning this book. I found it very dull even though it is of course well written, but I didn't care about the characters much and was very disappointed by it.

    christine b posted this review Saturday, May 31 2008.
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    Bhupash

    bhupash

    • Rated 5 stars
    208 books / 6 friends / 3 groups

    How could I possibly give Mrs. Dalloway anything less than 5 stars? Woolf's big bang moment was not just a rare foray into the minds of fictional women, it was a statement of intent for a new style of writing that had yet to offend the literary mainstream.

    bhupash posted this review Friday, May 30 2008.
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    Natalia

    natalia

    • Rated 0 stars
    29 books / 10 friends / 6 groups

    written in a strem-of consciousness manner, it's hard to read, but it is interesting, a bit boring.

    natalia posted this review Monday, May 26 2008.
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