{"product_id":"mrs-dalloway-biography-of-a-novel-hardcover","title":"Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a Novel - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Hussey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book in the 'Biography of a novel' series offers a compelling account of Virginia Woolf's masterpiece. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe fourth and best-known of Virginia Woolf's novels, Mrs Dalloway is a modernist masterpiece that has remained popular since its publication in 1925. Its dual narratives follow a day in the life of wealthy housewife Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked war veteran Septimus Warren Smith, capturing their inner worlds with a vividness that has rarely been equalled. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel offers new readers a lively introduction to this enduring classic, while providing Woolf lovers with a wealth of information about the novel's writing, publication and reception. It follows Woolf's process from the first stirrings in her diary through her struggles to create what was quickly recognised as a major advance in prose fiction. It then traces the novel's remarkable legacy to the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoolf wrote in her diary that she wanted her novel 'to give life \u0026amp; death, sanity \u0026amp; insanity... to criticise the social system, \u0026amp; to show it at work, at its most intense.' Mrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel reveals how she achieved this ambition, creating a book that will be read by generations to come.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourth and best-known of Virginia Woolf's novels, \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e is a modernist masterpiece that has remained popular since its publication in 1925. Its dual narratives follow a day in the life of wealthy housewife Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked war veteran Septimus Warren Smith, capturing their inner worlds with a vividness that has rarely been equalled. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel\u003c\/i\u003e offers new readers a lively introduction to this enduring classic, while providing Woolf lovers with a wealth of information about the novel's writing, publication and reception. It follows Woolf's process from the first stirrings in her diary through her struggles to create what was quickly recognised as a major advance in prose fiction. It then traces the novel's remarkable legacy to the present day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoolf wrote in her diary that she wanted her novel 'to give life \u0026amp; death, sanity \u0026amp; insanity... to criticise the social system, \u0026amp; to show it at work, at its most intense.' \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway: Biography of a novel \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how she achieved this ambition, creating a book that will be read by generations to come.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Hussey is Distinguished Professor of English Emeritus at Pace University in New York. He is founding editor of \u003ci\u003eWoolf Studies Annual \u003c\/i\u003eand general editor of the Harcourt Annotated Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf, for which he edited \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e. His recent publications include \u003ci\u003eClive Bell and the Making of Modernism \u003c\/i\u003e(2022) and \u003ci\u003eModernism's Print Cultures \u003c\/i\u003e(with Faye Hammill, 2016).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52470006415667,"sku":"9781526176813","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ecg2iyaCWT9781526176813.webp?v=1759409619","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/mrs-dalloway-biography-of-a-novel-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}