Pan Dallowayov – CDmp3 (te Marie tpkov)

This Czech-language MP3 audiobook presents Virginia Woolfs famous novel, published in connection with the 140th anniversary of the British authors birth. Written between 1922 and 1924, the novel was originally intended to be called The Hours, as the sound of Big Bens chimes runs through the book as a reminder of irrevocably passing time and the transience of events. Flowers provide another important visual detail, helping to convey the characters personalities. The story follows one day in the life of the central character as she prepares to hold a party, while descriptions of the feelings of her friends and acquaintances accompany observations of everyones movements through London, along with details of changing light, nature and city sounds. Woolf described the book as a world seen through the eyes of both the mentally healthy and the mad. Although one character ends her life by suicide, the overall impression is one of joy in life, with the atmosphere of a beautiful June morning remaining most deeply in the memory.