Mrs Dalloway (1925)
0.3564Canon Score · ranked #18 all time
Aggregated from 9 of 14 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →
About the book
Virginia Woolf’s novel chronicles a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a politician’s wife in 1920s London, as she prepares to host a party that evening. The narrative follows Clarissa’s thoughts (and sometimes those of people she meets) as she goes about her errands, and events in the day remind her of her youth and friendships from the past. As the book progresses characters from the past emerge, igniting old fe
Why it ranks #18
Every list on which Mrs Dalloway appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| BBC 100 Stories That Shaped the World | Major international poll | #48 / 100 |
| The Novel 100 (Burt) | Editorial list | #48 / 100 |
| OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019) | Editorial list | #122 / 500 |
| Bokklubben World Library (2002) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Books You Must Read (union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Bloom, The Western Canon (1994) | Editorial list | Selected |
| Observer 100 Greatest Novels (2003) | Editorial list | Selected |
| Telegraph 100 Novels (2009) | Editorial list | Selected |