Book description
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. Here, Virginia Woolf perfected the interior
monologue and the novel's lyricism and accessibility have made it one
of her most popular works.
This edition is based on the original British edition, and is edited
by Stella McNichol with an introduction and notes by Elaine Showalter.
Contains a map, explanatory footnotes, suggestions for further reading
of acclaimed criticisms and references, as well as a discussion of the
textual notes and substantive emendations in the appendix.
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is now recognised as a major 20th century
author, a great novelist and essayist, and a key figure in literary
history as a feminist and modernist. Elaine Showalter is Professor of
English at Princeton University and a prominent feminist literary
critic. Stella McNichol has written on, and edited, Woolf's novels.
Julia Briggs is General Editor for the works of Virginia Woolf in
Penguin.
