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2: Had not that, after all, been love?

Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic novel, set over one day in 1923. Today: with preparations for the party afoot, Clarissa's thoughts return to Bourton and Sally Seaton.

As part of Radio 4's celebration of the birth of Modernism a hundred years ago, Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's classic Modernist novel, set over a single day in 1923.

With preparations for the party underway, Clarissa Dalloway's thoughts return to Bourton - and Sally Seaton.

Reader: Sian Thomas
Author: Virginia Woolf is one of the most important Modernist novelists of the 20th-century. She was a central member of the Bloomsbury group; her novels include To the Lighthouse, The Waves and Orlando.
Producer: Justine Willett
Abridger: Katrin Williams

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Tue 25 Jan 2022 22:45

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