Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The novel chronicles a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a high-society woman in post-World War I England, as she prepares for a party she is hosting that evening. Throughout the day, she encounters various characters from her past, including a former suitor and a shell-shocked war veteran. The narrative jumps back and forth in time and in and out of different characters' minds, exploring themes of mental illness, existentialism, and the nature of time.
The 36th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1925
- Nationality
- British
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 150-200
- Words
- 64,000
- Original Language
- English
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- 3rd on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
- 5th on The Ideal Library (Book)
- 7th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- 9th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 10th on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
- 11th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 13th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 15th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
- 17th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 29th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
- 30th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 33rd on 100 Essential Books (Bravo! Magazine)
- 42nd on 50 Classics You Must Read Before You Die (Gyldendal (Denmark Publisher))
- 46th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 46th on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- 48th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 69th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
- 93rd on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 120th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 199th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 240th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- The Well-Educated Mind (Book)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor: A Reading List (Thomas C. Foster)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 12 Novels Considered the Greatest Book Ever Written (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- A Century of Reading (Lithub)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- Best Books (Fiction, Prose) : Experts Choose Their Favourites (The Book "Best Books")
- A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life (The Daily Mail)
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- 100 Great 20th Century English-language Works of Fiction by Women (Feminista!)
- Books by Women That Every Man Should Read (The Guardian)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)