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Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street

Afternoon ReadingVirginia Woolf - Mrs Dalloway's Party
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Mrs Dalloway runs errands and prepares to host an intriguing party. Forgotten short story read by Sylvestra Le Touzel.

Fascinated and preoccupied by the idea of this social event, Virginia Woolf wrote this story sequence around the same time as writing the novel Mrs Dalloway.

In each of these three stories, glimpse each character's inner most thoughts and emotions. as Woolf depicts the intriguing social world of Mrs Dalloway's party in microscopic detail.

This story, follows Mrs Dalloway as she runs errands and prepares for the party she's hosting...

Read by Sylvestra Le Touzel

Abridged by Miranda Davies
Producer: Lucy Collingwood

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2014.

15 minutes

Last on

Mon 10 Jun 201902:15
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  • Tue 15 Feb 201115:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Mon 17 Nov 201411:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Tue 18 Nov 201404:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 9 Jun 201907:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 9 Jun 201914:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Mon 10 Jun 201902:15
    BBC Radio 4 Extra