Virginia Woolf

London, en sommer i begynnelsen av 1920-årene. Clarissa Dalloway gjør sine forberedelser til et selskap hun skal ha samme kveld, mens tankene går sine egne veier. Fortid, nåtid og fremtid glir over i hverandre. Tilsynelatende overfladiske hendelser utløser stadig nye assosiasjoner - det er ingen felles virkelighet, men et mangfold av inntrykk og følelser som til sammen blir til et bilde av livet selv, i evig forandring.

Mrs Dalloway

'Fear no more the heat of the sun.'  Mrs Dalloway, Virginia Woolf's fourth novel, offers the reader an impression of a single June day in London in 1923.  Clarissa Dalloway, the wife of a Conservative member of parliament, is preparing to give an evening party, while the shell-shocked Septimus Warren Smith hears the birds in Regent's Park chattering in Greek. There seems to be nothing, except perhaps London, to link Clarissa and Septimus.  She is middle-aged and prosperous, with a sheltered happy life behind her; Smith isyoung, poor, and driven to hatred of himself and the whole human race.  Yet both share a terror of existence, and sense the pull of death. The world of Mrs Dalloway is evoked in Woolf's famous stream of consciousness style, in a lyrical and haunting language which has made this, from its publication in 1925, one of her most popular novels. ABOUT 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.

On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway, the glittering wife of a Member of Parliament, is preparing for a party she is giving that evening. As she walks through London, buying flowers, observing life, her thoughts are of the past and she remembers the time when she was as young as her own daughter Elizabeth, and her romance with Peter Walsh.

In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of a 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.

As Mrs Dalloway works on the preparations for a dinner party, her thoughts throughout the day wander from memories of the past to interrogations about the present and lead her to assess the choices she has made in life and love. Her monologue interweaves with the account of the distress, on that same day, of the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Warren Smith, whose trauma and hallucinations end in tragedy, as the links between the two characters unfold.One of Virginia Woolf's most famous novels, Mrs Dalloway is a triumph of experimentation, a cornerstone of Modernism and a subtle examination of love, freedom, mental illness and the female condition in society.

'Sally stopped; picked a flower; kissed her on the lips.'On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the party reaches its glittering climax in Woolf's great novel of time, memory, war and the city. A new series of twenty distinctive, unforgettable Penguin Classics in a beautiful new design and pocket-sized format, with coloured jackets echoing Penguin's original covers.

Mrs Dalloway 

Virginia Woolf's stream of consciousness modernist masterpiece.

'She had the perpetual sense, as she watched the taxi cabs, of being out, out, far out to sea and alone; she always had the feeling that it was very, very, dangerous to live even one day'Clarissa Dalloway, elegant and vivacious, is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved. In another part of London, Septimus Warren Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Smith's day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches its glittering climax.Virginia Woolf's masterly novel, in which she perfected the interior monologue, brings past, present and future together on one momentous day in June 1923. Edited by Stella McNicholWith an introduction and notes by Elaine Showalter

»Virginia Woolf fångar livets komplexitet på ett kongenialt sätt och kan använda tiden, könet eller staden man lever i för att beskriva människan.« | LISBETH LARSSON, DN »Mrs Dalloway sa att hon skulle köpa blommorna själv.« Så inleder Virginia Wolff sin berättelse om Clarissa Dalloway, en kvinna ur engelsk medelklass i mellankrigstidens London, som förbereder en fest hon ska hålla under kvällen. Genom inre monolog färdas berättelsen fram och tillbaka i tiden och mellan karaktärerna, samtidigt som bilden av Clarissas liv och mellankrigstidens sociala strukturer framträder. Mrs Dalloway  är en tidlös klassiker, läst av generation efter generation, och tillhör den moderna litteraturhistoriens mest betydande verk med sin innovativa berättarteknik. I svensk översättning av Else Lundgren. VIRGINIA WOOLF [1882-1941] föddes i London. Med romaner som  Jakobs rum  [1922],  Mrs Dalloway  [1925],  Mot fyren  [1927] och  Orlando  [1928] blev hon en av modernismens förgrundsgestalter och räknas i dag till 1900-talets viktigaste engelskspråkiga författare. Som tänkare, med essäer som  Ett eget rum  [1929], har Woolf påverkat kvinnorörelsen i många länder. »I det museum som litteraturhistorien utgör har Virginia Woolf verkligen fått sig inrättat ett eget rum - Joyce får nöja sig med att dela rum med T. S. Eliot.« |  Bernur »En fantastisk bok som innehåller så mycket känslor och tankegångar.« Betyg 5 av 5 |  Karins universum

Mrs Dalloway fortsätter att fascinera nya generationer av läsare Mrs Dalloway sade att hon skulle köpa blommorna själv. Tidigt en sommarmorgon i början av tjugotalet går Clarissa Dalloway ut för att köpa blommor. Hon är en förtjusande kvinna, fångad i ett nät av plikter. På kvällen ska hon hålla en fest för att stödja sin förträfflige man i hans politiska karriär. Allt ska bli perfekt. Huset ska fyllas med framstående gäster. Och Peter, hennes ungdomskärlek dyker efter många år oväntat upp. Mrs Dalloway utspelar sig under ett enda dygn i London, en stad starkt påverkad av första världskriget. Genom sin speciella teknik stream of consciousness låter Woolf romanens olika karaktärer komma till tals genom att skildra deras inre tankar och monologer. På detta sätt kommer de olika karaktärernas liv att korsa varandra på de mest oväntade sätt. Det blir ett händelserikt dygn, där personliga minnen och reflektioner om livet får stort utrymme. Med förord av Maria Sveland ”Virginia Woolfs roman får en klassisk fråga att framstå som evigt ny.” Expressen ” I  Mrs Dalloway  blandas jublande tillfredsställelse med elegisk sorgsenhet”

'She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day'On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past. Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness. Their days interweave and their lives converge as the party reaches its glittering climax. Here, Virginia Woolf perfected the interior monologue and the novel's lyricism and accessibility have made it one of her most popular works.The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

Kari Risvik

With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University,Bakersfield.Virginia Woolf's singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form and reflects a genuine humanity and a concern with the experiences that both enrich and stultify existence.Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts and sensations on that one day, and the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those of Septimus Warren Smith, whose madness escalates as his life draws toward inevitable suicide.