E. Shaver Starland is located in the Gingerbread House right next to Foxy Loxy Cafe and hosts events throughout the month. Enjoy the Foxy Beverage Bar in the bookstore for tea, coffee, beer and wine!
Join for discussion on Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.
In this vivid portrait of a single day in a woman’s life, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of preparation for a party while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house in post-WWI London for friends and neighbors, she is flooded with remembrances of the past—the passionate loves of her carefree youth, her practical choice of husband, and the approach and retreat of war. And, met with the realities of the present, Clarissa reexamines the choices that brought her there, hesitantly looking ahead to the unfamiliar work of growing old.
From the introspective Clarissa, to the lover who never fully recovered from her rejection, to a war-ravaged stranger in the park, the characters and scope of Mrs. Dalloway—a landmark of psychological fiction—reshape our sense of ordinary life and reshaped English literature as we know it.
If you would like to participate in the book club, please RSVP prior to the event. For everyone's enjoyment and to facilitate the best possible discussion, we also ask that all participants have read the book entirely.