The Essay | Open Endings : Bernardine Evaristo on Mrs Dalloway
Based on Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Bernardine Evaristo loathed Woolf's To the Lighthouse as a teenager. But when she read Mrs Dalloway a few years ago, she savoured every word. Today, she continues the story.
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