Little Book World Classic: Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street and Other Stories

“Once she knows how to read there’s only one thing you can teach her to believe in—and that is herself.” “Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street” is a short story precursor to her famous novel, Mrs Dalloway, which is widely regarded as a masterpiece of modernist literature. The story demonstrates Woolf’s innovative use of the stream of consciousness technique, which reveals the inner thoughts and feelings of the protagonist, Clarissa Dalloway, as she walks through London. This masterpiece touches on important themes such as social class, gender role, war, and death, which reflect the historical and cultural context of the post-World War I era. It is also admired for its lyrical language and vivid imagery, which create a sense of rhythm and beauty in the narration. About Author: Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer, born on January 25, 1882, in London, England. She was the child of ideal Victorian parents, Leslie Stephen and Julia Jackson. Her father was an eminent literary figure and the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. Her mother was a renowned beauty and had prominent social and artistic connections. Woolf is considered one of the most important modernist twentieth-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. She is best known for her novels, especially Mrs Dalloway (1925) and To the Lighthouse (1927), but she also wrote pioneering essays on artistic theory, literary history, women’s writing, and the politics of power. Woolf experimented with several forms of biographical writing, composed painterly short fictions, and sent to her friends and family a lifetime of brilliant letters.