"There were Soapy Sponge and Mrs. Asquith's Memoirs. . ." (10)
Soapy Sponge and Mrs. Asquith's Memoirs are also both literary works from London. Woolf includes Mrs. Asquith's Memoirs which is actually quite interesting. That piece of work used to be very controversial and was accused of not telling the truth. This book was in the new bazaar in town where women seemed to gather which reflects how women used to discuss Mrs. Asquith's Memoirs in real life.
Although in real life women gathered and talked about literature together, information they discussed was not always true. Stories got twisted and rumours were spread. Readers need to look deep int Mrs. Dalloway and distinguish the truth in this well crafted novel. Clarissa was not a truthful person and readers were able to learn this by reading about her thoughts. She was able to conceal her true feelings behind a fake smile and "delightful" party.
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this comment applies throughout the concordance: you are coming so close yet not quite hitting the big point --- the work was accused of not telling the truth -- how does that connect the bigger ideas of the novel? What was Woolf thinking when she included this little detail to enrich the meaning? Why is the idea of truth important here?
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