Join us for a discussion of Woolf's classic centennial novel. Copies of the book will be available one month in advance at the Public Services desk.
Virginia Woolf's 1925 novel, Mrs. Dalloway, details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper class lady in post World War I England, as she prepares for a dinner party. With an interior perspective, the story travels forwards and backwards in time to construct an image of Clarissa's life and the inter-war social structure. The novel addresses the nature of time in personal experiences through multiple interwoven perspectives, Clarissa's, Septimus', a WWI veteran who suffers PTSD and is waiting to see a therapist, and Peter Walsh's, a former lover of Clarissa. Woolf's novel offers a representation of the complex nature of human psychology and life in its blend of third person, interior monologue, and stream of consciousness narrative style. Limited to 15 participants.
167 East Main Street
Ravenna, OH
44266
