Mrs. Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway Daily Activities

Primary Sources:

Classroom Sources:

Woolf Writing Project
Modern Poetry Project
Introduction to Modernist...try: The Beats and Beyond

Supplemental Sources:

Original Cover Art for Book when published in 1927.

    • Introductory "Bookmark" Essay to Mrs. Dalloway from Mr. Chilton: Click here

  • Quick introductory video to Virginia Woolf: Click here

  • Biography of Author, Virginia Woolf: Click here

  • Visual Timeline of her life: Click here

  • The Only Recorded Voice of Virginia Woolf: Click here

  • TED Talk: Why Read Virginia Woolf? Click here

  • Portraits and Pictures of Woolf: Click here

  • Quotes by Virginia Woolf: Click here

  • Chapter on Mrs. Dalloway from Julia Brigg's biography of Virginia Woolf: Click here

  • International Virginia Woolf Society: Click here

  • Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain: Click here

  • Miscellaneous Resources about Woolf: Click here

  • The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf: Click Here

  • Video Biography of Virginia Woolf: Click here

  • Various educational videos, presentations, and lectures about Mrs. Dalloway spliced together (very informational): Click here

  • Lecture on Virginia Woolf: Click Here

  • BBC In Our Time Podcast on Mrs. Dalloway: Click here

    • Introductory essay about Mrs. Dalloway from David Daiches' book on Virginia Woolf: Click here

    • Intro to Woolf and the film adaptation The Hours from Hermoine Lee's book Virginia Woolf's Nose: Click here

    • Modernism and Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway: Click here

  • Sparknotes: Click Here (haha, it's not going to help with this book...)

Virginia Woolf (Aged 20)

Poems related to Mrs. Dalloway:

Current Events about ideas within Mrs. Dalloway:

Context/Time Period:

Informative documentary about the effects of "shell shock" (PTSD) on soldiers in WW1. Important to see in light of the character Septimus Warren Smith in Mrs. Dalloway.

Clothes during the time period: Click here

Other writings by Woolf:

Buy books by Virginia Woolf on her Amazon page: Click here

Free, digital versions of essays by Virginia Woolf: Click here

More essays by Virginia Woolf: Click here

A digital copy of Woolf's famous feminist essay/book "A Room of One's Own": Click here

Short reflection, "The Death of the Moth": Version 1 or Version 2

"How Should One Read a Book?" essay by Virginia Woolf: Click here

Virginia Woolf's essay "Street Haunting": Click here

Or a digitized version of the first edition from the British Library: Click here

Audio Recording of To the Lighthouse: Click here

Audio Recording of The Waves: Click here

Video / Animation of Woolf's famous essay, A Room of One's Own: Click here

Discussion of To the Lighthouse: Click here

Essay Assignment:

Handout: Click here

A copy of handout to help you understand what I expect as you complete: Click here

Essay Collection 1: Click here

Essay Collection 2: Click here

Read whichever you wish, but I'd recommend:

  • The Mark on the Wall

  • Street Haunting

  • How Should one read a book?

  • Professions for Women

  • Old Mrs. Grey

  • Three Pictures

  • Why?

  • The art of biography

  • Craftsmanship

  • Letter to a Young Poet

  • Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid

Michael Cunningham's adaptation The Hours:

Teaching Links (For Chilton only...)

https://sites.google.com/site/aplitmrcole/mrs-dalloway

http://apliteraturestudyguide.weebly.com/mrs-dalloway.html

http://sites.svvsd.org/mrs-lembo/ap-english-1/ap-english-projects

http://woolf.bloomu.edu/?page_id=578

https://sites.google.com/a/colchestersd.org/aplitmrcole/mrs-dalloway