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7: "It is the flesh."

Virginia Woolf's most celebrated novel, set over one day in 1923. Today: love and religion, as Clarissa Dalloway's daughter Elizabeth and the pious Miss Kilman go out for tea.

To celebrate Radio 4's Modernism series, Sian Thomas reads Virginia Woolf's most celebrated novel, set over one day in London in1923.

With preparations for the party underway, Clarissa Dalloway's daughter Elizabeth and the devote Miss Kilman endure a rather emotional and bruising afternoon tea ...

Reader: Sian Thomas
Author: Virginia Woolf
Abridger: Katrin Williams
Producer: Justine Willett

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Tue 1 Feb 2022 22:45

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