Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (Book Analysis)

This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including love, death and madness. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.

This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:

• Biography of Virginia Woolf
• Presentation of Mrs Dalloway
• Summary of Mrs Dalloway
• Character study
  • Clarissa Dalloway
  • Richard Dalloway
  • Elizabeth Dalloway
  • Septimus Warren Smith
  • Lucrezia Warren Smith
  • Peter Walsh
  • Sally Seton
  • Hugh Whitbread
  • Miss Doris Kilman
  • Dr. Holmes
  • Sir William Bradshaw
  • Lady Millicent Bruton
• Analysis of Mrs Dalloway
  • British society
  • Death
  • Inner monologue

About Mrs Dalloway

Mrs Dalloway was first published in 1925 and takes place in London one day in the period between the First and Second World Wars. It tells the story of Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren Smith, whose stories cross paths.

Mrs Dalloway was met with widespread public and critical acclaim when it was published, with many readers praising the style of the book. It examines London, which is as much a character as Clarissa and Septimus, during the interwar period, and tackles the eternal questions of love and death. The novel is also notable for the fact that it looks at British society in a time when it was going through a period of great change.

About Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf was one of the most influential figures of interwar English literature. She was born in London in 1882 and died in Sussex in 1941. She wrote a variety of essays, short stories and novels, and founded her own publishing house with her husband in 1917. She suffered from bipolar disorder and eventually drowned herself some time after her mother passed away.