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LESSON 6 · Books That Shaped the World

PAUSE TO THINK

How much time does Mrs Dalloway cover?

One Wednesday in June 1923

The whole novel takes place between morning errands and a late-night party on a single Wednesday. Into those few hours Woolf packs decades of **memory and regret**, proving a story needs no sweep of years to feel enormous.

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