The delicate artistry & lyrical prose of this fourth novel by Virginia Woolf established her as a writer of profound talent. Her singular technique in Mrs. Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form & reflects a genuine humanity & a concern with the experiences that both enrich & stultify existence. Society hostess Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts & sensations on that one day, & the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers, gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa's life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those in the day of Septimus Warren Smith.