The authorized, original edition of Virginia Woolfs masterpiece and one of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century (Michael Cunningham), with a foreword by Maureen Howard.

In this vivid portrait of a single day in a womans life, Mrs. Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of preparation for a party while in her mind she is something much more than a perfect society hostess. As she readies her house for friends and neighbors, she is flooded with remembrances of the pastthe passionate loves of her carefree youth, her practical choice of husband, and the approach and retreat of war. And, met with the realities of the present, Clarissa reexamines the choices that brought her there, hesitantly looking ahead to the unfamiliar work of growing old.

From the introspective Clarissa, to the lover who never fully recovered from her rejection, to a war-ravaged stranger in the park, the characters and scope of Mrs. Dalloway reshape our sense of ordinary life and reshaped English literature as we know it.

Perhaps her masterpieceExquisite and superbly constructedRequired like most writers to choose between the surface and the depths as the basis of her operations, she chooses the surface and then burrows in as far as she can. E. M. Forster

Mrs Dalloway
A very special hardback edition of Mrs Dalloway to celebrate its 100th anniversary, featuring the original artwork created by Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Bell. Celebrate the 100th birthday of a groundbreaking novel with this limited run special edition. Clarissa Dalloway is preparing to give a party. In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman’s life, Clarissa is preoccupied with the last-minute details of a party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house she is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life. ‘Sheer magic’ Eileen Atkins, Daily Mail. ‘One of the most moving, revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century’ Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours. This special edition features the original cover created by Virginia Woolf’s sister, Vanessa Bell, and the original text first published by The Hogarth Press.