{"title":"Virginia Woolf","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the books of \u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/strong\u003e, all in one place. Expect psychological fiction and literary fiction. Popular titles include \u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKew Gardens\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest for adult readers. Shop all our Virginia Woolf books below, delivered across South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780007934409","title":"Mrs Dalloway","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Mrs Dalloway By Virginia Woolf\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClarissa Dalloway is a woman of high society vivacious, hospitable, and sociable on the surface, yet underneath troubled and dissatisfied with her life in post-war Britain. 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As each character tries to readjust their memories and emotions with the shifts of time and reality, this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery and fulfilment for them. \n\nRich in symbolism, daring in style, elegiac in tone and encapsulating Virginia Woolf's ideas on life, art and human relationships, To the Lighthouse is a landmark of twentieth-century literature and one of the high points of early Modernism.","brand":"READERS WAREHOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40329332916339,"sku":"9781847496577","price":165.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/products\/9781847496577.jpg?v=1752672432"},{"product_id":"9781648337154","title":"To The Lighthouse","description":"","brand":"READERS WAREHOUSE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42096399417459,"sku":"9781648337154","price":119.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2291\/7991\/files\/To.webp?v=1752680887"},{"product_id":"9781915054944","title":"Mrs Dalloway","description":"\"He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink.\"Mrs Dalloway is a novel that features two main characters and two different worldviews. 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