{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway-9780192859853","title":"Mrs Dalloway","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e'For there she was.'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman in London, in June 1923, as she prepares for a party. Clarissa's thoughts and actions are interwoven with the trauma and bereavement of Septimus Smith, a poor young man suffering from shell-shock, in a contrasting narrative that provides poignant insights into the political, historical, and social issues of Woolf's day. The novel brings memories and the present together, written and set in the uneasy years immediately after the First World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis new edition, annotated and introduced by Trudi Tate, broadens and deepens key aspects of the historical context, including a fresh examination of Woolf's representations of women in the wake of the first women in Britain winning the right to vote, the context of post-war politics, and the innovative aspects of the author's writing style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolf \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTrudi Tate is an Emeritus Fellow of Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Cambridge Faculty of English. She specialises in nineteenth- and twentieth-century British literature, with a particular interest in Virginia Woolf. Her books include \u003cem\u003eModernism, History and the First World War\u003c\/em\u003e (2013), \u003cem\u003eA Short History of the Crimean War\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003eThe Silent Morning: Culture and Memory after the Armistice\u003c\/em\u003e (ed. with Kate Kennedy, 2013), and \u003cem\u003eWomen's Fiction and the Great War\u003c\/em\u003e (ed. with Suzanne Raitt, 1997). She is director of Literature Cambridge, which runs regular courses and a summer school on Woolf.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552907362578,"sku":"9780192859853","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1a29ef34-1782-49d2-8490-868b53e1cfc8.jpg?v=1754911819","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mrs-dalloway-9780192859853","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}