Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, a London society woman preparing for a party, while interweaving the story of Septimus Warren Smith, a shell-shocked war veteran. Through stream-of-consciousness prose capturing thoughts, memories, and the texture of consciousness itself, Woolf explores time, memory, and what it means to be alive. The novel becomes both portrait of a day and meditation on existence, proving that Woolf revolutionized the novel form and that ordinary days contain extraordinary depths.

WHY WE PICKED IT: Because Woolf made a single day in London into a masterpiece, showing how consciousness flows and how past and present coexist in every moment. This modernist classic reminds us that Clarissa's party preparation is as important as epic quests, that Septimus's tragedy haunts the novel, and that Woolf's prose is poetry.

DETAILS: • Author: Virginia Woolf • Publisher: Mariner Books Classics • Format: Paperback • Publication Date: September 24, 1990 • ISBN: 9780156628709 • Ships direct from distributor in 3–7 business days