English Literature / Unit 16 ENL 1519 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Mrs. Dalloway
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The idea
Mrs Dalloway, of nineteen twenty-five, follows Clarissa Dalloway through a single day in post-war London as she prepares a party, interwoven with Septimus Warren Smith, a shell-shocked veteran. Its stream of consciousness explores time in personal experience.
In practice
A hostess and a veteran, one day.
Where people slip
Clarissa and Septimus never meet.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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