I don't know why I was so surprised at the differences in Virginia and Leonard's writing styles. It does make sense that the different experiences and travelling they had done in life might have made a big impact on said styles. In all honesty, I like Leonard's writing much more, and I have had a hard time getting into "Mrs. Dalloway". Virginia tends to let her narrative rely on social norms and customs that are local, and periodized (not to mention the writing is jumpy and slightly disconnects). Though I don't mind reading unreliable narratives, this one has just kind of rubbed at me wrong from the beginning- even though it's becoming progressively clearer.

I can easily picture many of the characters in this novel as fitting the definition of grotesque by Anderson's standards, though they seem to hide their loneliness a little better, since their misery in their social situation is sort of expected.

At this point in the novel, I can't help wanting to learn more about the characters, especially Peter, since he just came back from India, and might well be a character loosely based on Woolf's husband?