Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway captures a single June day in post-WWI London, weaving the inner monologues of a high-society hostess preparing for a party with those of a shell-shocked war veteran into a brilliant, chiming tapestry of time, memory, and mortal longing.
Joyce Cary’s The Horse’s Mouth follows the wild, unrepentant escapades of Gulley Jimson—a rogue, visionary painter in mid-century London who sacrifices comfort, law, and sanity in his relentless quest to paint his sprawling artistic visions.
Set during the Sepoy Mutiny, the story of the Brits falling apart.
Set against the backdrop of an impending Japanese invasion.