Mrs Dalloway in Parenthesis
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A Blue Bot producing the elements of Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway that the novel places in parenthesis. Assisted by @bluebotsdonequick.com.
(comparing women to poplars--which was rather exciting, of course, but very silly)
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 PM
(comparing women to poplars--which was rather exciting, of course, but very silly)
(they stood waiting, sleeking down their hair)
February 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
(they stood waiting, sleeking down their hair)
(it was getting late)
February 18, 2026 at 9:10 PM
(it was getting late)
(a strange comment theirs, when work was done)
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 PM
(a strange comment theirs, when work was done)
(it was extraordinary how vividly it all came back to him, things he hadn't thought of for years,)
February 18, 2026 at 7:10 PM
(it was extraordinary how vividly it all came back to him, things he hadn't thought of for years,)
(he could see it now)
February 18, 2026 at 6:10 PM
(he could see it now)
(so did causes)
February 18, 2026 at 5:10 PM
(so did causes)
(up and down, up and down)
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 PM
(up and down, up and down)
(Nobody ever made her laugh as Septimus did.)
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 PM
(Nobody ever made her laugh as Septimus did.)
(the grass of the park flushed and faded, lighting up the poor mothers of Westminster and their crawling babies, as if a yellow lamp were moved beneath)
February 18, 2026 at 2:10 PM
(the grass of the park flushed and faded, lighting up the poor mothers of Westminster and their crawling babies, as if a yellow lamp were moved beneath)
(once on Leith Hill, she remembered)
February 18, 2026 at 1:10 PM
(once on Leith Hill, she remembered)
(it was broken)
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
(it was broken)
(she was apt to lose things)
February 18, 2026 at 11:10 AM
(she was apt to lose things)
(never had she admired her so much!)
February 18, 2026 at 10:10 AM
(never had she admired her so much!)
(but that might be her heart, affected, they said, by influenza)
February 18, 2026 at 9:10 AM
(but that might be her heart, affected, they said, by influenza)
(Clarissa had sapped something in him permanently)
February 18, 2026 at 8:10 AM
(Clarissa had sapped something in him permanently)
(who is about his own age)
February 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
(who is about his own age)
(as she dozed there)
February 18, 2026 at 6:10 AM
(as she dozed there)
(she herself was extremely happy)
February 18, 2026 at 5:10 AM
(she herself was extremely happy)
(she thought, putting her coat away)
February 18, 2026 at 4:10 AM
(she thought, putting her coat away)
(But he was not in love.)
February 18, 2026 at 3:10 AM
(But he was not in love.)
(all day she had been thinking of Bourton, of Peter, of Sally)
February 18, 2026 at 2:10 AM
(all day she had been thinking of Bourton, of Peter, of Sally)
(susceptible as he was)
February 18, 2026 at 1:10 AM
(susceptible as he was)
(jumping up)
February 18, 2026 at 12:10 AM
(jumping up)
(perceptibly)
February 17, 2026 at 11:10 PM
(perceptibly)