On the morning of her party, society hostess Clarissa Dalloway steps out to buy some flowers. What would be an otherwise unimportant day in a rather ordinary life—a shopping trip, a walk in the park, a talk with an old friend—becomes an extraordinary tale of time, memory, and death.

Called "one of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century", Mrs. Dalloway was the first novel to show that one day in the life of a woman can be just as inspiring as a journey across the globe. Virginia Woolf's fluid stream-of-consciousness narration seamlessly blends the past with the present, revealing how every decision we make leads us to where we are in the present moment.

"Everyone has friends who were killed in the War. Everyone gives up something when they marry."

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