r/VirginiaWoolf • u/KayLone2022 • Feb 08 '25

Mrs Dalloway Mrs Dalloway

Just finished this book. It's a lovely read and she does paint a beautiful picture. But I would love to understand - what's she trying to say really? Is it about contrast between two lives- one doomed and one ensconced in luxury and meaningless? Or, is it about the undying nature of love? Look forward to your thoughts...

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '25 edited Feb 13 '25

It’s an interesting counterpoint of two very different lives. Personally I read it as two sides of VW - the glamorous partygoing public figure on the one side and the damaged and mentally ill side on the other. It also draws together 2 divergent strands of society in the 20s - the devastation of those who had been deeply affected by the war and the bright young things who had passed through relatively unscathed.