EAN: 9780192859853

Bilder-Quelle: averdo

'For there she was.' Mrs Dalloway follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway an upper-class woman in London in June 1923 as she prepares for a party. Clarissa's thoughts and actions are interwoven with the trauma and bereavement of Septimus Smith a poor young man suffering from shell-shock in a contrasting narrative that provides poignant insights into the political historical and social issues of Woolf's day. The novel brings memories and the present together written and set in the uneasy years immediately after the First World War. This new edition annotated and introduced by Trudi Tate broadens and deepens key aspects of the historical context including a fresh examination of Woolf's representations of women in the wake of the first women in Britain winning the right to vote the context of post-war politics and the innovative aspects of the author's writing style. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study and much more.

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