Today we traveled in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. We began our journey outside of Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament (where Mr. Dalloway worked). We continued on to the various parts of London that Mrs. Dalloway visits before hosting her party. It was great to see the places mentioned in the book with my own eyes. It really helped to paint Woolf’s picture of London. After our long, but enjoyable walk, we visited the British Library. I saw the original Canterbury Tales, pages from Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, original Beatle’s lyrics written on scraps of paper, and the Magna Carta. Very cool! Then an evening performance of Betrayal, a Harold Pinter one act, that centers around a plot of infidelity. The story works backwards, with the end of the character’s story at the beginning of the play, working all the way back to the beginning. It was very cool to experience!
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Following the footsteps of Mrs. Dalloway The original Canterbury Tales |
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