Mrs Dalloway

Brief Overview

«Mrs Dalloway» is a novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1925, that narrates a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a married woman of high society in post-war London. The story is set in June 1923. Clarissa is preparing for a party she is hosting. The novel is rich with the internal monologues of various characters, through which their memories and reflections on life are revealed. This work explores the complexities of the human psyche, as well as themes of time, death, and existential loneliness within the context of everyday life. Virginia Woolf employs the stream of consciousness technique to immerse the reader deeply into the thoughts and feelings of the characters.