Classics · Literary
Mrs Dalloway
A London hostess spends a June day in 1923 preparing for an evening party and remembering the choices that shaped her life. Elsewhere in the city a shell-shocked veteran is coming apart.
- First published
- 1925
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like quiet, lyrical novels where a single day carries a whole lifetime of regret and feeling.
Skip this if you want events, dialogue-driven scenes or a plot that moves from chapter to chapter.
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