Mrs. Dalloway (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- First Published: 1925
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1923
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Memory, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Love or romance, Suicide, Self, 1920’s, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Mental illness, England or English people, Lesbianism or lesbians, Upper classes, London, World War I, Personality, Consciousness, Middle age, Parties, Psychiatry or psychiatrists, Nostalgia
- Locales: London, England
Places Discussed
*London. Capital of Great Britain whose diversity of life is characterized by the city’s commercial life, its social order, and national politics. As characters walk through the streets of London, they encounter famous locations and monuments—Whitehall, Westminster, the parks, Big Ben, and St. Paul’s Cathedral. London’s diversity suggests the potential for harmony in society on at least two levels: a union between public and private, epitomized in the characters of Clarissa and Septimus, and among all the diverse social and political factions found in...
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