Penguin Mrs. Dalloway

Virginia Woolf's modern masterpiece "Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." It is a special day in the life of fifty-two-year-old Clarissa Dalloway: the wife of a Member of Parliament is planning to host one of her famous upper-class parties that evening. The day unfolds with preparations, chance encounters with old friends, conversations, nostalgic reflections, and sensory impressions while strolling. It will also be a special day for Septimus Smith, though for very different reasons. The war veteran is also preoccupied with the presence of the past in every single moment. "I honestly believe this is the most successful of my novels." Virginia Woolf • The masterpiece of literary modernism • In the highly acclaimed new translation by Melanie Walz • Now in the world's most famous classic series.