Published to mark the centennial of its original 1925 appearance, this definitive edition of Mrs. Dalloway is the first to reflect the full range of revisions Virginia Woolf made to the text. The novel follows a single day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, an upper-middle-class woman in post-World War I London, as she prepares for a party she is hosting that evening.Using a pioneering stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf interweaves Clarissa’s internal monologue with the stories of those around her—including Septimus Smith, a shell-shocked war veteran, and Peter Walsh, a former lover. The narrative explores profound themes of individual loneliness, mental health, and the rigid social systems of British society. This edition features a cover that pays tribute to the original Hogarth Press design by Vanessa Bell and includes meticulous editing by scholar Edward Mendelson