Mrs. Dalloway
- First published
- 1925
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf is a novel published in 1925. It follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-class woman in post-World War I London, as she prepares to host an evening party. Through stream of consciousness narration, the story weaves between present moments and memories, exploring Clarissa's past relationships and choices. A parallel narrative follows Septimus Warren Smith, a war veteran struggling with trauma, whose fate will unexpectedly touch Clarissa's world by day's end.
- London (England)
- Psychological fiction
- Domestic fiction
- Married women
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
- Suicide victims
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #71865. Mrs. Dalloway on Wikipedia.
