Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway is a landmark of modernist literature, unfolding over the course of a single day in post-World War I London. Clarissa Dalloway, preparing for a party, reflects on her past, her choices, and the fragile beauty of the present moment. The narrative, moving fluidly through different consciousnesses, captures both the private interior world of thought and the larger currents of history and society.
The novel is celebrated for its stream-of-consciousness technique and its delicate exploration of memory, identity, and mortality. Woolf juxtaposes the quiet dignity of everyday life with the lingering trauma of war, weaving a tapestry of voices that illuminates the complexity of human experience. Mrs Dalloway remains a profound meditation on time, love, and the meaning of existence.
Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway is a landmark of modernist literature, unfolding over the course of a single day in post-World War I London. Clarissa Dalloway, preparing for a party, reflects on her past, her choices, and the fragile beauty of the present moment. The narrative, moving fluidly through different consciousnesses, captures both the private interior world of thought and the larger currents of history and society.
The novel is celebrated for its stream-of-consciousness technique and its delicate exploration of memory, identity, and mortality. Woolf juxtaposes the quiet dignity of everyday life with the lingering trauma of war, weaving a tapestry of voices that illuminates the complexity of human experience. Mrs Dalloway remains a profound meditation on time, love, and the meaning of existence.
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Hija del conocido hombre de letras Sir Leslie Stephen, Virginia Woolf nace en Londres el 25 de enero de 1882, y vive, desde su infancia, en un ambiente densamente literario. Al morir su padre, Virginia y su hermana Vanesa dejan el elegante barrio de Kensington y se trasladan al de Bloomsbury, más modesto y algo bohemio, que ha dado nombre al brillante grupo formado alrededor de las hermanas Stephen. En 1912 se casa con Leonard Woolf y juntos dirigen la Hogarth Press. El 28 de marzo de 1941, la genial novelista sucumbe a la grave dolencia mental que la aqueja desde muchos años atrás y se suicida ahogándose en el río Ouse. Además de Las olas (1931), Virginia Woolf fue autora de novelas tan importantes como El cuarto de Jacob (1922), La señora Dalloway (1925), Al faro (1927), Orlando (1928), Los años (1937) y Entre actos (1941).
