First published in 1925, Mrs. Dalloway is a landmark of modernist literature—both daring in form and enduring in relevance. Set in post-World War I London, the novel takes place over the course of a single day as Clarissa Dalloway prepares to host an evening party. Beneath this seemingly simple premise lies a richly layered portrait of memory, identity, and social expectation.

Woolf’s pioneering use of stream-of-consciousness narration allows readers to move fluidly between characters’ inner lives, revealing their private hopes, regrets, and unresolved traumas. Among its most powerful threads is the story of Septimus Warren Smith, a war veteran struggling with shell shock, whose experiences echo Clarissa’s more restrained sense of disquiet. In juxtaposing their perspectives, Woolf crafts a profound meditation on time, loss, and mental illness.

With lyrical precision and psychological depth, Woolf redefined what fiction could achieve. Mrs. Dalloway is both a vivid snapshot of a particular moment in British society and also a timeless study of human consciousness.

This Junco Classics large print edition celebrate 100 years since the book was first published, and makes one of the 20th century’s most important novels newly accessible to today’s readers.

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