Mrs Dalloway at 100: Virginia Woolf’s timeless novel is a work of pandemic fiction

A Hundred Years of Mrs. Dalloway - JSTOR Daily

An exemplar of modernism, Virginia Woolf's revolutionary novel explored ideas—psychology, sexuality, imperialism—that roiled the twentieth century.

Mrs Dalloway at 100: Virginia Woolf’s timeless novel is a work of pandemic fiction

Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway, set on a June day in 1923, is unusual in that its two protagonists – society hostess Clarissa Dalloway and shell-shocked veteran Septimus Smith – never meet. Published 100 years ago on May 14 1925, the novel follows Clarissa as she prepares to host a party. She is visited by a former suitor, Peter Walsh, who has just returned from India. Her movements on London’s streets are intertwined with those of her husband, R…

Across the Clarissa-Verse: On 100 Years of Mrs. Dalloway

It’s impossible to sum up the novel Mrs. Dalloway without feeling like you’ve left out something essential. Recently, I attempted to describe the book to someone who’d never read Virginia Woolf. “Basically, it’s a day in the life of a woman in high-society London who’s planning a party,” I said. “It’s 1923, so World War […]