Mrs Dalloway

On a June morning in 1923, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing for a party and remembering her past.

Elsewhere in London, Septimus Smith is suffering from shell-shock and on the brink of madness.

Their days interweave, and their lives converge as the party reaches its glittering climax.

• Virginia Woolf perfected the interior monologue in this novel.
• Its lyricism and accessibility have made it one of her most popular works.