num_pages: 70
description: The landmark modern novel Mrs. Dalloway creates a portrait of a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway as she orchestrates the last-minute details of a grand party. But before Virginia Woolf wrote this masterwork, she explored in a series of fascinating stories a similar revelry in the mental and physical excitement of a party.Wonderfully captivating, the seven stories in Mrs. Dalloway's Party create a dynamic and delightful portrait of what Woolf called "party consciousness." As parallel expressions of the themes of Mrs. Dalloway, these stories provide a valuable window into Woolf's writing mind and a further testament to her extraordinary genius. -Harcourt Trade PublishersWoolf's response to parties as heightened social occasions is demonstrated in her great novel Mrs. Dalloway. The party on which it focuses spilled over into these seven stories, written during the same period. They are here published in this unified sequence for the first time. Edited and with an Introduction by Stella McNichol.
language: English
title: Mrs. Dalloway's Party: A Short Story Sequence
titlecomplete: Mrs. Dalloway's Party: A Short Story Sequence
genres: Fiction, Short Stories, English Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, 20th Century, Novella, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 676
publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanich