Bought at a charity book sale. Trade paperback in very good condition. No wear on the cover but with slightly yellowed pages. From the back:

"Mrs. Dalloway is the portrait of a single day in a woman's life. Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party preparation--fresh flower shopping, new dress buying, and festive room decorating. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, memories flood her mind and she is awash in the sensations of faraway times...In this revelatory and experimental novel, the past, the present, and visions of the future melt together in each and every moment. Heralded as Virginia Woolf's greatest work of fiction, Mrs. Dalloway is not only a detailed rendering of a vivid human life, it is the outline on paper of human consciousness."

"Virginia Woolf is one of the few writers who changed life for all of us. Her combination of intellectual courage and painful emotional sensitivity created a new way of perceiving and living in the world." --Margaret Drabble

A tour de force! Although the stories and lives are ordinary, the telling was revolutionary at the time. Woolf weaves the storyline through a number of people as they meet, interact and move on. She's inside the head of one character and passes effortlessly into the next as they shake hands or inhabit the same park. Her insight into the human condition from the wasted life of a society matron to the blasted one of a WWI vet is stunning. Highly recommend this one.

Reserved for 1001 Must Read Book Box.

This one is going on a journey. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I did. The line up so far is:

1. LadyTrinity - Norway
2. DryKid - UK <--TRAVELING HERE
3. OnlyLiana - UK
4. cat207 - Australia
4. mrsboknows - US
5. Goddess-Of-Fire - US
6. jaenelle - US

Thank you so much for letting me participate. I recieved the book in the mail today. I'll read it as soon as I get finished with the other bookrays and rings that I've recieved.

I got finished with it today and I really liked this book.

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

Mailed today.

This book is lost on its journey. Dry Kid has stalled another of my books and has not responded to my PM's. My apologies to everyone left on the ray.