One of the major literary figures of the 20th century, Virginia Woolf, transformed the art of the novel with
Mrs. Dalloway, which has been heralded as her greatest work of fiction.
Preoccupied with last minute details of party preparation, Clarissa Dalloway's mind is flooded with blissful memories of her youth and of her past loves. With thoughts turning to the present, she reexamines the solid reasons behind her practical marriage, then on to the future, with hesitant thoughts of growing old.
