As Mabel Waring takes off her cloak and steps into the drawing room of Clarissa Dalloway, she immediately realizes that something is not right: her pale-yellow silk dress, which she has had specially made for the occasion, is clearly old-fashioned, dowdy and out of place. Everyone seems to be looking at her in dismay or mocking her appearance. Crushed at once by her insecurity, Mabel is pervaded by a sense of self-loathing, and feels utter revulsion for the social world she has tried so hard to impress. Written in 1924 and perhaps intended for inclusion in Mrs Dalloway, a book Woolf was wor The New Dress and Other Stories - Virginia Woolf od authora Virginia Woolf a nakladatelství za skvělé ceny na e-shopu Martinus. cz.
| Autor |
Virginia Woolf |
| Jazyk |
anglický |
| Počet stran |
320 |
| Rok vydání |
2024 |
| Nakladatelství |
Alma Books |
