French Literature Reviews - 2026

C. Bernard, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
Novel and Narrative Prose

Catherine Bernard, Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway
Gallimard, Foliothèque, 2006, 236 p.

ISBN : 207030093

EAN : 9782070300938

10 €

An in-depth study of a major classical or contemporary text by a specialist on the author, offering an original critical approach to the text's multiple facets through a clear and rigorous presentation.
Bibliography, chronology, variants, testimonials, press excerpts. Historical and contextual background, recent critical commentary. An efficient, elegant book. A fresh way of reading.

Catherine Bernard's study belongs to the Foliothèque collection, established by Gallimard to accompany readers through significant modern and classical texts. This series traditionally pairs close analysis with historical context, offering students and literature enthusiasts structured overviews of canonical works. Mrs Dalloway, published in 1925, stands as a central achievement of modernist fiction, renowned for its innovative treatment of interior monologue, subjective time, and post-war London society. Readers interested in modernist narrative techniques and the reception history of Virginia Woolf may find this volume a helpful guide to navigating the text.