{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway-annotated-the-virginia-woolf-library-annotated-edition-9780156030359","title":"Mrs. Dalloway (Annotated): The Virginia Woolf Library Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe annotated, authorized edition of a great literary masterpiece of the twentieth century with commentary by Women's Studies professor Bonnie Kime Scott.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis brilliant novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life and is one of the most\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \"moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century\" (Michael Cunningham). \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of preparation for a party while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, she is flooded with remembrances of the past--the passionate loves of her carefree youth, her practical choice of husband, and the approach and retreat of war. And, met with the realities of the present, Clarissa reexamines the choices that brought her there, hesitantly looking ahead to the unfamiliar work of growing old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introspective Clarissa, to the lover who never fully recovered from her rejection, to a war-ravaged stranger in the park, the characters and scope of \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e reshape our sense of ordinary life and reshaped English literature as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis authorized edition from the Virginia Woolf library features: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003eBiographical PrefaceChronologyIntroduction to the textExtensive notesSuggestions for further reading\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis annotated edition is the perfect companion to more fully understand \u003cem\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e, its importance in twentieth century literature, and Virginia Woolf's world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWoolf, Virginia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels, including \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eOrlando.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott, Bonnie Kime:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - BONNIE KIME SCOTT is professor of women's studies at San Diego University and the author of In the Hollow of the Wave: Virginia Woolf and Modernist Uses of Nature.","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613021540626,"sku":"9780156030359","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_73ef7aa1-84df-4987-b982-28a38b05877a.jpg?v=1732383955","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mrs-dalloway-annotated-the-virginia-woolf-library-annotated-edition-9780156030359","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}