Mrs Dalloway
Author: Virginia Woolf
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found hereIn this vivid portrait of one day in a woman’s life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house she is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life…..Read More
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