Mrs Dalloway

Mrs. Dalloway is a novel by Virginia Woolf published on 14 May 1925. It details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a fictional upper-class woman in post-First World War England. It is one of Woolf's best-known novels.

Mrs. Dalloway
Jacket design by Vanessa Bell
AuthorVirginia Woolf
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHogarth Press
Publication date
14 May 1925
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
ISBN0-15-662870-8
OCLC20932825
823/.912 20
LC ClassPR6045.O72 M7 1990b
TextMrs. Dalloway at Wikisource

The working title of Mrs. Dalloway was The Hours. The novel began with two short stories, "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" and the unfinished "The Prime Minister". The book describes Clarissa's preparations for a party she will host in the evening and the ensuing party. With an interior perspective, the story travels forwards and backwards in time to construct an image of Clarissa's life and the inter-war social structure. The novel addresses the nature of time in personal experience through multiple interwoven stories.

In October 2005, Mrs. Dalloway was included on TIME Magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels written since its first issue in 1923.

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