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IMHO Mrs. Dalloway is a delightful read -- the language is exquisite, the pacing leisurely, the intensity slowly, yet inexorably, ratcheting up for both Mrs. Dalloway and Septimus Smith.
This is a book that improves/grows on you with repeated re-readings over time. You discover more 'gems' each time -- words, phrasings that make you pause ...
I highly recommend Michael Cunningham's The Hours -- a brilliant modern retelling/reworking of the novel. Book and movie are well worth your time.
There is a film adaptation of Mrs. Dalloway too - Vanessa Redgrave is luminous in the title role.
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