{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway-9780156628709","title":"Mrs. Dalloway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe authorized, original edition of Virginia Woolf's masterpiece and one of the most \"moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century\" (Michael Cunningham), with a foreword by Maureen Howard. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vivid portrait of a single day in a woman's life, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of preparation for a party while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, she is flooded with remembrances of the past--the passionate loves of her carefree youth, her practical choice of husband, and the approach and retreat of war. And, met with the realities of the present, Clarissa reexamines the choices that brought her there, hesitantly looking ahead to the unfamiliar work of growing old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introspective Clarissa, to the lover who never fully recovered from her rejection, to a war-ravaged stranger in the park, the characters and scope of \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/em\u003ereshape our sense of ordinary life and reshaped English literature as we know it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps her masterpiece...Exquisite and superbly constructed...Required like most writers to choose between the surface and the depths as the basis of her operations, she chooses the surface and then burrows in as far as she can.\" -E. M. Forster\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Woolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/1990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156628709\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudience:\u003c\/b\u003e Young Adult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e74683 \/ Mrs. Dalloway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/13\/2003 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/04\/2008 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2008 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/22\/2016 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoolf, Virginia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels, including \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eOrlando.\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Virginia Woolf \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47279056060573,"sku":"9780156628709","price":26.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bd50fc5e-d030-4cca-b4c8-55917e0f2ea2.jpg?v=1759863711","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/mrs-dalloway-9780156628709","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}