The Essay | Minds at War: Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway

Duration: 14'08''

Synopsis

Professor Gillian Beer explores how Virginia Woolf and her great novel Mrs Dalloway were shaped by the 1914-18 conflict.

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Other Archive resources
Mrs Dalloway | BBC Four | 2018

The Secret Life of Books | Original manuscript of Mrs Dalloway

Alexandra Harris investigates Virginia's writing process by looking through an original manuscript of 'Mrs Dalloway'.
Mrs Dalloway | BBC Four | 2018

The Secret Life of Books | Context and form of Mrs Dalloway

Alexandra Harris discusses the historical context for 'Mrs Dalloway' and how this influenced the form of the novel.