Mrs. Dalloway

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  This book successfully demonstrates what stream of consciousness is. Reading the book was like going on a tour in London a century ago. Since then, I've been more aware of how my mind works.

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  Mayng504 said on Oct 14, 2007 | Add your feedback

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  It was to explain the feeling they had of dissatisfaction; not knowing people; not being known. For how could they know each other? You met evey day; then not for six months, or years. It was unsatisfactory, they agreed, how little one knew people.

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  What is this terror? what is this e ... (continue)

  It was to explain the feeling they had of dissatisfaction; not knowing people; not being known. For how could they know each other? You met evey day; then not for six months, or years. It was unsatisfactory, they agreed, how little one knew people.

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  What is this terror? what is this ecstasy? he thought to himself. What is it that fills me with extraordinary excitement?
  It is Clarissa, he said.
  For there she was.

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  IHaveADream said on May 7, 2010 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  "And there is a dignity in people; a solitude; even between husband and wife a gulf; and that one must respect, thought Clarissa, watching him open the door [...]".

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  Guy Montag said on Apr 10, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  like a painting, or a music -

  Virginia at her very best

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  margherita said on Apr 17, 2012 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  "Mrs. Dalloway says she would buy the flowers herself".
  Virginia al suo meglio.

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  Ciuffoleo said on May 13, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  a great book that deserves a 10-stars rating, although it is not always easy to read for a non-native english speaker.
  the style is sublime, and the characters are described so beautifully nuanced, i guess, as only women can do.
  A perfect book to end 2010!

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  Piet said on Dec 31, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 288 Pages
• Edition: New Ed
• ISBN-10: 0141182490
• ISBN-13: 9780141182490
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• Pub date: May 25, 2000
• Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, Others and eBook
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