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.
作者简介
弗吉尼亚·伍尔夫 (Virginia Woolf,1882-1941)
英国女作家和女权主义者。在两次世界大战期间,伍尔夫是伦敦文学界的一个象征。出生于伦敦的伍尔夫是在家中接受教育的,在结婚以前,她的名字是艾德琳·弗吉尼亚·斯蒂芬(Adelin e Virginia Stephen)。在1895年,她的母亲去世之后,她也遭遇了第一次的精神崩溃。后来她在自传《片刻的存在》(Momens of Being)中道出她和姐姐瓦内萨·贝尔(Vanessa Bell)曾遭受其后母儿子(无血缘关系)乔治和杰瑞德·杜克沃斯(Gerald Duckworth)的性侵犯。在1904年她父亲莱斯利·斯蒂芬爵士(Sir Leslie Stephen,编辑和文学批评家)去世之后,她和瓦内萨迁居到了布卢姆斯伯里(BloomsBury)。
The most famous member of the Bloomsbury Group, Virginia Woolf (1882- 1941) was a novelist, essayist and critic. Her writing established her as one of Modernism's leading exponents, as well as a pioneering feminist. Her most famous works include To the Lighthouse, Orlando and Mrs Dalloway.
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