Mrs Dalloway is a landmark modernist novel that follows Clarissa Dalloway, a wealthy London socialite, during a single day as she prepares to host an evening party. Through Virginia Woolf's pioneering stream-of-consciousness narrative style, the novel explores Clarissa's memories, relationships, and reflections on life, aging, love, and mortality.
Running alongside Clarissa's story is that of Septimus Warren Smith, a traumatized World War I veteran suffering from severe psychological distress. Their parallel experiences create a profound meditation on the effects of war, the passage of time, mental health, and the complexities of human consciousness.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, Mrs Dalloway is
