Hello, readers! This week we have a guest reviewer. You might remember Miss Shayne from a post earlier this year during the Staff Picks 2014 series that ran during January and February. Miss Shayne is reviewing a book that was a required text for one her classes last semester. Last semester, I took a class about English literature. We read several short stories and poems, but only one book : Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf. Mrs. Dalloway takes place after World War I in England. It is the story of one day in a woman’s life told through different perspectives of several people. The story converges at a party hosted by the main character, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway. The characters all receive some terrible news yet none seem to be affected by it except for Clarissa. My opinion of this book differed greatly from my professor’s. While he thought this was one of the most incredible books he had ever read, I had the typical col...
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