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Mrs. Dalloway

By: Virginia Woolf
Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
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It is a June day in London in 1923, and the lovely Clarissa Dalloway is having a party. Whom will she see? Her friend Peter, back from India, who has never really stopped loving her? What about Sally, with whom Clarissa had her life’s happiest moment?

Meanwhile, the shell-shocked Septimus Smith is struggling with his life on the same London day.

Luminously beautiful, Mrs. Dalloway uses the internal monologues of the characters to tell a story of inter-war England. With this, Virginia Woolf changed the novel forever.

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Every single utterly delicious word of this legendary book packs a heart aching punch that is nothing short of remarkable. Magnificent.

Exquisite.

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Loved the voice narration and the tale itself in equal measure. Would highly recommend to all.

Juliet Stevenson’s narration was superb!

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A master class of narration, making this novel a delight to listen to. My first time with Virginia Woolf and the stream of consciousness narration was wonderful. Highly recommended.

Stunning narration!

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I was recommended Mrs Dalloway by a friend and in short, I loved it. I'd never read a modernist novel, and Juliet Stevenson's narration brought this one to life. So different to the average novel in style and form, but SO rich, lilting, natural, intimate, and real. Woolf effortlessly slips down rabbitholes of description, internal monologue, and characters' memories and experiences. It has no plot per se (nor is it meant to), yet it's insanely compelling in many parts as it explores the characters' inner and outer lives. I don't often like narrators putting on accents for certain characters, either, but Stevenson executes them so well. She strikes an elegant balance, with accents strong enough to be a little whimsical yet subtle enough not to be offensive. A great performance of a stunning book, that I'll definitely listen to again (you need to, or else miss some of those wonderful descriptive passages)!

Enchantingly bizarre!

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Wonderfully read, and I could never fault Virginia Wolf! Love it!, again and again and again!

Superb!

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not a chapter is dull. not a word in the wrong place a fine read indeed.

Wolfe never fails to draw pictures with words .

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The richest prose and most elegant reading, it never gets old. Thank you Virginia Woolf and Juliet Stevenson!

I’ve listened to this over and over

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My review is biased because it was a prescribed English text and because we had to analyse the sh** out of it. So take no offence, I am sure it is a good read normally. And the reader was a good fit for this type of novel. Performance was great.

Had to read for English Class

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Skillful writing with some beautiful moments, but the stream-of-consciousness style, with the story about a day in the life of upper-class London socialites, is dated and rather homogenous and privileged.

Skillful upper-class London

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I waited and waited for the story to kick off...but it just kept a monotone theme...titbits of information but really nothing happens...

kept me on my paying attention.!!!

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