{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway-9780593311806","title":"Mrs. Dalloway","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis new edition of one of Virginia Woolf's most celebrated novels features an introduction by Michael Cunningham, acclaimed bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Hours.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003echronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway-a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the death of a young man she has never met. In giving an apparently ordinary day such immense resonance and significance-infusing it with the elemental conflict between death and life-Virginia Woolf triumphantly discovers her distinctive style as a novelist. Originally published in 1925, \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway \u003c\/i\u003eis Woolf's first complete rendering of what she described as the \"luminous envelope\" of consciousness: a dazzling display of the mind's inside as it plays over the brilliant surface and darker depths of reality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition uses the text of the original British publication of \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e, which includes changes Woolf made that never appeared in the first or subsequent American editions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was born in London. A pioneer in the narrative use of stream of consciousness, she published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1915. This was followed by literary criticism and essays, most notably \u003ci\u003eA Room of One's Own, \u003c\/i\u003eand other acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Orlando.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607707783442,"sku":"9780593311806","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad6e31ed-0c9a-4958-9000-00f6aa10639c.jpg?v=1774962901","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mrs-dalloway-9780593311806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}