Concetti Chiave
- The novel "Mrs Dalloway" unfolds over a single day in June 1923, focusing on Clarissa Dalloway's preparations for a party.
- The narrative intertwines with the story of Septimus Warren Smith, a war veteran suffering from a mental disorder.
- Key events include unexpected visits, emotional confrontations, and a tragic suicide that impacts the characters.
- Virginia Woolf employs a 'tunnelling technique' to explore characters' pasts, enriching their present experiences.
- Clarissa's party serves as the novel's climax, bringing all characters together and unifying the storyline.
Mrs Dalloway
-Plot-
At 10 a.m. on a Wednesday early in June 1923, Clarissa Dalloway, the protagonist of the novel, goes to Bond Street to buy some flowers for a party, at her house.
While she is in the flower shop, a car drives noisily past and shifts the attention to the street, where Septimus and Lucrezia Warren Smith are walking; Septimus has a mental disorder causated by the war, that needed doctors, like Sir William Bradshaw, a famous nerve specialist.
Clarissa walks back home and there she receives an unexpected visit from Peter Walsh, the man she used to love in her youth.
He then leaves Clarissa’s house and goes to Regent’s Park, where he sees the Warren Smiths who are going to Sir William Bradshaw’s interview.
The interview lasts three-quarters of an hour.
Septimus is obliged to go into one of his clinics.
At 6 p.m.
All the characters are then present at Calrissa’s party.
The Bradshaw arrive and Clarissa hears from them of Septimus’s death.
-The Setting-
Mrs Dalloway takes place on a single ordinary day in June 1923, and it follows the protagonist through London, from the morning to the night of the day on which she gives a large party.
Woolf’s characters show their deep humanity.
Through the ‘tunnelling technique’ she allows the reader to experience the characters’ recollection of their past, that provides their background and personal history.
Clarissa Dalloway’s party is the climax of the novel and unifies the narrative.
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