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... though I didn't manage to read it before hand.
A Good Old-Fashioned Future – Got it as a gift for some reason.
Mrs Dalloway – Saw _The Hours_ and loved it, so I felt I should read this. (And should probably read The Hours too.) ... kness
55. Young Törless
56. The Secret Agent
57. The Old Wives’ Tale
58. Kokoro
59. The Great Gatsby
60. Mrs. Dalloway
61. To The Lighthouse
62. Orlando
63. All Quiet on the Western Front
64. A Farewell to Arms
65. Cold Comfort Farm
66. Tender is the Night
67 ... ... Thanks for the recommendation. Will check out Her Majesty's Dog during my next library visit.
113 MarianV : I loved Mrs Dalloway when I read it, and yesterday I found the DVD at the library and watched it. It was just as delightful as the book, I'm pleased to say.
I just finished ... From yard sales
Love invents us Amy Bloom
Brave Companions David McCullough
The ice house Nina Bawdin
Mrs. Dalloway Virginia Woolf
The beloved invader Eugenia Price
And good hardback copies of {The Good Earth & Little Women ... although I'm a huge Virginia Woolf fan, I'm not sure that 9 of her novels needed to be there. In the new book there are 3: Mrs Dalloway, The Waves, and To the Lighthouse. These are generally considered her masterpieces and the ones that are studied in university. Any one who had read these ... ... connection, Beatrice, with the insight about how much these two characters contrast with each other. Woolf titled the book Mrs. Dalloway and began and ended with the character of Clarissa, so we know she meant for her to be the central character. And yet I feel like the story of Septimus and Luc ... ... E M Delafield - Diary of a Provincial Lady which I read the other week, Nancy Mitford, Evelyn Waugh and Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ... though, and even managed to snag two for my very own:
Sons and Lovers, D.H. Lawrence
A really nice hardcover copy of Mrs. Dalloway
Well, Juliette07, you didn't ask me, but I loved The Hours. I read it along with Mrs. Dalloway. I also really like the movie--it's one of my favourites, actually. Have you read it? Clam, The Woman is White is awesome.
I agree with wht you're saying. The Hours made me go back and reread Mrs. Dalloway.
My favourite of the M books is Mrs. Dalloway. It's sort of difficult to explain why without going into an essay-length post. I started Grave Peril by Jim Butcher this morning. It was either this or Mrs. Dalloway,and I just didn't feel like something meaningful right now. I'm kind of in a trashy fantasy mood. ... Lu Hsun
Zuleika Dobson
Stories by Joyce and Portait of an Artist as a Young Man
Stories by Kafka and The Trial
Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando, and To the Lighhouse
Sons and Lovers
Brave New World
The Sound and the Fury, The Reivers and As I lay Dying
Stories by Hemingway ... Just for fun:
The Nine Tailors Of Human Bondage (Martin Eden, Agnes Grey, Jane Eyre, Mrs Dalloway, Fanny Hill, Kim, Siddhartha, Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord) Back over A Severed Head On the Road In Cold Blood In the Heart of the Country As if I am not There.
*ED ... ... could potentially catch books that inform other books that don't show up in the special sauce.
For example, I added Mrs. Dalloway to The Hours. Obvious? Maybe. But I think it's important to know that reading the other book could assist in the enjoyment of this one.
My only complaint/ ... I'm still working on the twentieth Year's Best Fantasy and Horror anthology, but I've also started Mrs Dalloway as my e-book. So far I'm quite enjoying it. Garry,
I liked Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, but you do have to be in a patient mood to enjoy it. It took me several months to get there. I read it because I wanted to read The Hours by Michael Cunningham, which I did like very much. I think I appreciated it more by reading Mrs. Dallowa ... My favourite from the H-list is the Hours. I love how it is informed by Mrs. Dalloway, and in turn informs Mrs. Dalloway. I also love the movie--it is so multi-layered. I've seen it many times and still find something new each time I watch it.
Obviously, I'll have to read Hitchhiker's Gui ... ... over the past year or two: Anna Karenina, Cranford, Atonement, Saturday, The Reader, Half of a Yellow Sun, & Mrs. Dalloway. I agree with all your comments about these books too.
I also have Orlando, Cloud Atlas & Wide Sargasso Sea in my TBR pile. I'll have to keep an eye ... ... the characters were two-dimensional, and the plot was weakly constructed. And the dialogue...oh, the dialogue...
2) Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf--I first read this three years ago, as a senior in high school. It wasn't as affecting the second time around; the first time, the whole ... ... nice.
I'd love a complete set of Virginia Woolf novels by Folio as they are books I return and return to - Especially Mrs Dalloway, The Waves and to a lesser extent To the lighthouse. Still haven't read Orlando yet, I am waiting to read it in a nice edition! They did do a ... Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Though I seem to remember that it involves some "flashbacks". Yes, I've read Mrs. Dalloway!
Next up (continuing the theme of women as titles!): how about Jane Austen's Emma ? Finally! I can join the game. Yes, I've read Jane Eyre. Has anyone read Mrs. Dalloway? ... I've read it at least three times, probably more, but never really "studied" it. Now I'm studying it for school, alongside Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. I noticed that connection about mermaids between the two works, of course the feeling of growing old, the stuffiness of English society, ... ... to add one more point. I find texts such as Wide Sargasso Sea, or for another example, The Hours (which points back to Mrs. Dalloway) both inform and are informed by the original text. By that I mean when I read them, they enrich my interest in the original book, but also that the original ... ... friend from elementary school's house a lot. Even though it was really in suburban 1970s Vancouver, it worked perfectly for Mrs. Dalloway's home in chic, 1920s London. The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway are one fairly obvious pairing that hasn't been mentioned yet. >27 I love Mrs. Dalloway. You might appreciate The Hours a little more once you finish it--the book, not necessarily the movie. Cunningham very cleverly parallels the novel's unique structure but in an updated setting, with flashbacks and connections to Woolf's life.
Kidman's fake nose ... ... the days when I can fight that). What a wonderful writing style she has!
Now I'm desperately trying to find my copy of Mrs. Dalloway - it is not in my "W" box of books - yikes.
There's also a family connection here - Woolf died very close to where my mother grew up and she probably took ... ... of the Soul and I'm just about done with The Virgin Suicides.
I was interested by M#48, #50 about The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway. I read and enjoyed The Hours, though I've not seen the movie. And I have Mrs. Dalloway on my March TBR stack. I'm looking forward to it -- my first Virginia ... I didn't mean to be so cheeky and crass about To the Lighthouse and Mrs. Dalloway. Woolf is an unbelievable writer, she's just not my cup of tea. I prefer Faulkner. I guess you could say he's my mason jar of whiskey.
Also, hat's off to those reading the real long ones like War and Peace ... ... Bondage - W. Somerset Maugham
The Secret History - Donna Tartt
The Story of Lucy Gault - William Trevor
Mrs. Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
... once a week to get any reading done. Quantitative Techniques by T Lucey or The Icarus Girl are presently on my list. Mrs. Dalloway is next. Yes, I did. I was pretty impressed that he kept me interested through a whole book about one day. After Mrs. Dalloway I wasn't sure that I could handle that again :-) McEwan definitely keeps you thinking, and I also like how he keeps you interested by giving out information just bit by bit. ... already available, I'm going to read the Italian edition.
I've read many posts on Virginia Woolf ... I had to read Mrs Dalloway at school but enjoyed Orlando much more!
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I haven't read To the Lighthouse (though it too is on my TBR mountain), but I've actually read Mrs. Dalloway two and a half times. The first time I was sick in bed one day and read the first half. I got better and didn't return to it. I don't know if it was the ... ... read it. There are apparently a lot of inside jokes and references. This fanciful story was certainly more enjoyable than Mrs. Dalloway or God forbid, To the Lighthouse. Have you tried these? I'm gonna spoil them for you. The former is about a dinner party. The latter has much more ... ... by Jane Austen
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Bobbin Up by Dorothy Hewett
Minaret by Leila Aboulela
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman ... ... always an obstacle.)
The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. (Again, class is always an issue in Wharton novels.)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Bobbin Up by Dorothy Hewitt
Minaret by Leilah Abulela
The Linnet Bird by Linda Holeman
... found a couple of higher-priced Buffy-related books. I came away with:
Winds of Change, ed. by Richard Pini ($1.85)
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf ($0.50)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte ($0.50)
Inferno by Dante Alighieri ($0.50)
The Novels of Tiger and Del, Volume I ... 27. Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, 1925
Clarissa Dalloway organises a party. We follow her day slipping seamlessly from one character's conscious experience to the next. Along the way we are treated to visions of beauty and madness, love and death, what might have been. Wonderful to go ... ... that I read for the first time in the last 12 months: Grapes of Wrath, Sense and Sensibility, Old Man and the Sea, Mrs. Dalloway.
It's hard work playing catch-up! Good thing I love to read. I'll be retiring in October, so will have lots of good reading time! ... Gray - Oscar Wilde
2. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
3. The Europeans - Henry James 8/05
4. Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
5. The Mill on the Floss - George Eliot
6. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen 27/05
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8 non-fiction books ... ... remember what I was supposed to read, like before LT.
To the Lighthouse
Franny and Zooey
David Copperfield
Mrs. Dalloway
Henry and June
Pale Fire - Nabokov
Far from the Madding Crowd
Bleak House
The Prince - Machiavelli, not Harry Potter as the touchstone says.
P ... ... of China
Price and Prejudice
White Teeth
the Ender Books (in order)
The Hours (especially in conjunction with Mrs. Dalloway)
A Christmas Memory (A short story)
To Kill a Mockingbird
Their Eyes were Watching God
The Sparrow
Middlesex
The House of the Spirits
Song ... ... read this year, it's either Airframe by Crichton or Mrs. Dalloway by Woolf.
Probably Airframe, by far -- I bought it as a hardcover, likely close to the copyright date of 1996. I remember buying Mrs. Dalloway in prep for ... ... Card
Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (****)
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel (****)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Reading Like a Writer by Francine Prose
Story by Robert McKee (The Anatomy of Story in my "On Writing" category has ... I couldn't get into Mrs. Dalloway. My review here. ... Card
Everything is Illuminated# by Jonathan Safran Foer (****)
Like Water for Chocolate# by Laura Esquivel (****)
Mrs. Dalloway# by Virginia Woolf
Reading Like a Writer# by Francine Prose
The Time Traveler's Wife# by Audrey Niffenegger
By My Favorite Writers
Airframe# ... I’m taking the 888 Challenge: "Read 8 books each in 8 different categories in 2008."
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Edited to move remainder of post to LT's 888 Challenge group.
Oh I really think Mrs. Dalloway ought to come. And she said she'd buy the flowers herself.
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This makes me curious what book you're reading . . .
Virginia Woolf didn't write The Hours, she wrote Mrs. Dalloway, which had The Hours as her working title. Michael Cunningham wrote The Hours. They're very nice compliment reads, as they play off each other nicely (no ... Just left Peru with The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and now I'm in England with Mrs. Dalloway. ... where they had a bag sale for $1. Whatever you can fit in a bag for a $1!!!! I got the following:
We Were the Mulvaneys
Mrs. Dalloway
The Shipping News
Walden
Middlesex
The Things They Carried
Rock Star
Brave New World Revisited
Wuthering Heights
A Widow for One Year
... 17. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
We read this one after Mrs. Dalloway for a class. I really liked it, but I would recommend reading Mrs. Dalloway before reading The Hours. It added a whole other layer that would have been missing if I'd read The Hours by itself. ... together" or complement each other in some way? I'm thinking of books by different authors from different eras, like:
Mrs Dalloway and The Hours
Howard's End and On Beauty
Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea
... (6,948 copies)
Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (6,628 copies)
High fidelity by Nick Hornby (4,682 copies)
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (4,572 copies)
White Teeth: A Novel by Zadie Smith (3,591 copies)
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens (3,421 copies)
The ... Mrs. Dalloway gives you a little bus tour of London - yes I agree with LizT that Neverwhere is fun to read with all the references to actual stations. Sherlock Holmes is definitely London, and maybe Foreign Affairs. 16. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
This book was assigned for my class on intertextual fiction (next up is The Hours). I have mixed feelings. The book itself bored me, but Woolf's writing of the inner life of the characters was interesting. I know it's supposed to be that kind of book. ... ... because it's Nigerien! Unfortunately it's in French, but I'll attempt to muddle through anyway...
And from bookmooch: Mrs Dalloway and The Hours, which I'm looking forward to as a combination and A Bend in the River because I'm apparently on a V.S. Naipaul thing. And the TBR pile ... Working on Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf for school and The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger from the library. ... read reams of Woolf's essays, diaries and letters, and all of her short stories, but I've only read the Voyage Out and Mrs. Dalloway. I'm wondering what novel to read next. I'm reading The Hours right now. I never saw the movie, but I did read Mrs. Dalloway a couple of years ago. I wish I hadn't waited so long to read The Hours, but I think I'm getting it. ... The Accidental, which promises to be my top book for October--barring disaster.
#21 teelgee, I loved The Hours and Mrs. Dalloway has always been my favoroite Woof novel.
#7 Adobe, there is a wonderful film version of Cold Comfort Farm. Rufus Sewall is an awesome Reuben! The Hours by Michael Cunningham, read shortly after Mrs. Dalloway. The two go hand in glove. Somehow, The Hours enrichened Mrs. D for me. It was a great stand-alone novel but even better in combination with Mrs. D. ... before his eyes, as if some horror had come almost to the surface and was about to burst into flames, terrified him.
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf ... - always wonderful to hear from you both. I have already started The Hours before reading your advice about reading Mrs. Dalloway first. I may have to study up on Woolf a little if I am not getting the connections. I did see The Hours movie when it released to DVD and enjoyed it very ... ... I agree. The hours can stand on its own, of course, but you're right on that you appreciate it so much more after Mrs. Dalloway which is a brilliant book in itself. I sometimes think Mrs. Dalloway is Woolf's most accessible book. >95 mrstreme: I read both of them quite recently and loved both, you can't go wrong. I do suggest reading Mrs. Dalloway before you read The Hours though. You'll appreciate the latter so much more for its brilliance. ... all a long time ago.
For the M's, the Simone de Beauvoir (I also bought it in French to try to practice but . . .), Mrs Dalloway, My Antonia and, I think, the Dinnerstein (clearly made an impression on me!). No N's. #1: What books are you considering comparing?
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I surprised not to see Mrs Dalloway and The Hours compared here. I think they are great companion reads. One day I'll get around to writing about it here.
Currently I'm studying Dystopic fiction, so in the next month I will ... ... Dinnerstein
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary 1785 - 1812, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich.
Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf
My Ántonia, Willa Cather
My Brilliant Career, Miles Franklin
'night Mother, Marsha Norman (a play)
No Man's Land: The Place of ... ... had loaned it to me quite some time ago and I need to return it. Then I read The Hours, which, since I haven't read Mrs. Dalloway I felt like maybe I just didn't get it.
Then I read Empire Falls another Pulizter and it was wonderful. Of all the Pulizters I have read so far, it is the ... 31. The Hours by Michael Cunningham. What a wonderful book; best read as companion to Mrs. Dalloway. I saw the movie when it first came out and since I hadn't read Mrs. D, I didn't get as much out of it as I could have. Now I'll have to see the movie again too! Cunningham is brilliant. ... Reading The Hours by Michael Cunningham. Lovely book. I read Mrs. Dalloway a couple of weeks ago, so it's all still fresh in my mind and the two fit so nicely together. #23 Teelgee - you should write about your experience with reading Mrs Dalloway and The Hours in the books compared group:
http://www.librarything.com/groups/bookscompared
... with Los Angeles thrown in the mix in Michael Cunningham's The Hours. Fascinating to read this shortly after reading Mrs. Dalloway. >63
I also had trouble getting into Mrs Dalloway upon first starting it. I was reading it for an English course, and as such, had to really concentrate to get through it. After reading it, I read The Hours by Michael Cunningham, and flew through that book. Upon finishing I returned to M ... Well, yes, I guess you w |
