mrs dalloway is one of the most beautiful books i've ever read. the first pages alone are one of the reasons writing is absolutely worthwhile. it's ART.

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The fresh heartbreak was, in a sense, like being in a foreign country; everything seemed alien, brilliant and glinting. It was as if I’d been flayed, so that even the air hurt. When you’re that unhappy, any glimmer of beauty or consolation feels like running into an old friend abroad, or seeing mountaintops through smog. Maybe we mistakenly think we want “happiness,” which we tend to picture in very vague, soft-focus terms, when what we really crave is the harder-edged intensity of experience.

This is really making me want my copy back.
I gave it away in a book swap, I'm going to have to call the girl "I know I already read it but an we swap back? " or buy another one.

You should have it, for sure. I had to buy a second copy.

I liked Mrs Dalloway when I read it and I didn't think I would, it might have been because it was just a lot easier than Ulysses which I also had to read at the time. It was a few years ago but I remember being able to visualise the scenes quite clearly, I liked the 'real time' structure.

I loved the film, haven't read the book yet.