Modern Classics Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Modern Classics)

Not as incomprehensible as much modernist writing, but there is only minimal development of characters and no significant action. As an experiment, it's mildly interesting, but I prefer something more substantial. In a world that has Pride and Prejudice, Middlemarch, Tom Jones, and Vanity Fair, why waste your time?

This is an important modernist novel. Woolf's prose and her ability to move the narrative focus from one mind to the next are innovative and skilled. Her portrayal of the characters, their memories and feelings, and their thoughts about each other is sensitive and moving.

I don't usually write reviews for books purchased from the store, but since the kindle version of Mrs. Dalloway had no reviews, which made me skeptical to read this edition (I have had some bad experiences in reading some of the kindle editions that haven't been rated), I thought I would give it the review it deserves. This is a great edition, which seems to be perfectly faitfhfull to the original work. I very much enjoyed reading this.

Mrs. Dalloway can be a difficult read for the unfamiliar first-timer. The book is written in a sprawling stream-of-consciousness format that often vexes. The details of the diction, prose style, and the characters are all related in helping to relate the experiences of the survivors of the first world war. Lost ambition and long ago love are mixed in with anguish and symbolism. No study of British literature would be complete without this fantastic work.

Mrs. Dalloway is, of course, a classic novel and a great read. But enough time has passed that an annotated edition is useful. The annotations in this edition are well selected and generally non-controversial. My only quibble is that they would have been more convenient at the bottom of the page. I would also like to see a good edition like this available for the Kindle.

I am completely absorbed in this very sensitively written story. It is a day in the life of Mrs Dalloway and also a multifaceted description of people we encounter during our lives. I previously read Michael Cunningham's The Hours and have enjoyed reflecting on it while reading Mrs Dalloway.

Brilliantly spoken by one of England's best actresses (famous for her performance in "Death and the Maiden"), the spoken word enhances the text. She is reading from a text that reveals that the republication in text in the inexpensive and very slim Cathedral Classics (Aziloth Books) is riddled with errors: whole phrases omitted, important words left out, nonsensical phrases. If you buy a Woolf text,do not buy a cheap reprint.

It should come as no surprise that "Mrs. Dalloway" was one of the most transcendant reading experiences I have had. And I also love the Kindle app format, which allows me to regulate the size and readability of the print, look up any word by touch, etc.

This story will have you submerged into it's world of high class and wealth of ladies and gentlemen. Of love. Of live. Of a different time. A different world. It is beautifully written and a classic you should definitely read. It is very fast paced so you will enjoy this very quick read.

Mrs. Dalloway and her friends, thoughtfully, loftily go about their business, around London,
Trafalgar Square, where cars, people, dogs, cats, fascinate the people, like an idea of utter
insanity. This book is about Madness! Clarissa's obsessed about keeping up an image, her
friends are obsessed about being that image; and those who choose not to reflect that image,
became images themselves; stamped indelibly on the fringes of society; like Septimus Warren
Smith, who commits suicide; or suicide commits him, because it can work either way. He
manages to escape; slowly, smoothly, safely, like a free-spirit.

It is definitely an interesting book to read, but very hard and time consuming. Woolf jumps from one person's mind to the next. The reader has to pay constant attention as to not miss a single detail. It took several tries to "get into" the book. But very informative in regard to middle class society in London after WWI.

I read this book because it is suggested reading for a college course. Beautiful descriptive writing, however, I found myself feeling sorry for most of the characters in the post-war setting and the somewhat bleak outlook for their future. The entire book chronicles only one day in the lives of the characters. It was a long day, with a somewhat sudden ending.

I had never read Virginia Woolf and found her style...run on sentences thru the whole book for each paragraph with tons of commas difficult to read and distracting. In short, I personally did not care for her style but I think her subject matter is probably good. I might try her poetry ( I think she wrote poetry too) but I am very picky about fiction and writer's styles. I am a nonfiction...history and biographies...girl so perhaps that was the problem.

I have to admit that I admire what Virginia Woolf did in writing this book — particularly for 1925. I get that the focus wasn't so much on the story but how its told in virtually, stream of consciousness. This is the story of a fairly wealthy woman as she goes through a single day preparing for a dinner party that evening.

Once you understand that that is what is happening, it makes it easier to understand what is going on (easier, not necessarily clear) and to follow along but I wouldn't call this an easy book to read or one that I particularly enjoyed reading because I was often reading it at night after work and I was't willing to always put as much effort into it as I probably should have. I got the general story line, could appreciate what Ms. Woolf was doing but I have to say I would never choose to read this again because I can't call it a particularly rich, engrossing story.

The characterization is so authentic that one sees the actors as in real life. The dialogue around the Party - the central event of the book which is not described - tells one all about how it went. Brilliantly constructed.

Understanding her literature has been one of my biggest challenges. Now I absolutely have to continue reading Virginia Wolf...

After reading it we will enjoy even better "The Hours" in my English Class.

This Kindle edition is terrible. The margins change without rhyme or reason. Pages end in the middle of a word. Words are hyphenated for no reason. Given the complexities of Virginia Woolf's narrative, the formatting is particularly distracting. Buy another edition.

Woolf's complexity in her writing really shines through in this novel. It possesses a level of depth that isn't present in many novels today. I like the insight the story gives into human nature and how fickle life is. Although the story plot doesn't lead to any big, dramatic revelations it's a great read for the ponderous individual.

Woolf's prose is very dense and her roving narrative style provides a bit of a challenge for the reader. Overall, the story was quite interesting. The additional notes and biography were very interesting and helpful.