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Part 1: From the opening scene, in which Clarissa sets out to buy flowers, to her return home. Early morning–11:00 a.m.
 
 
Part 2: From Clarissa's return from the shops through Peter Walsh's visit. 11:00 a.m.–11:30 a.m.
 
 
Part 3: From Peter leaving Clarissa's house through his memory of being rejected by Clarissa. 11:30 a.m.–11:45 a.m.
 
 
Part 4: From little Elise Mitchell running into Rezia's legs to the Smiths' arrival on Harley Street. 11:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
 
 
Part 5: From Septimus's appointment with Sir William Bradshaw to lunchtime at half-past one. 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
 
 
Part 6: From Hugh Whitbread examining socks and shoes in a shop window before lunching with Lady Bruton through Clarissa resting on the sofa after Richard has left for the House of Commons. 1:30 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
 
 
Part 7: From Elizabeth telling her mother she is going shopping with Miss Kilman through Elizabeth boarding an omnibus to return home to her mother's party. 3:00 p.m.–late afternoon
 
 
Part 8: From Septimus observing dancing sunlight in his home while Rezia works on a hat through Septimus's suicide. Late afternoon–6:00 p.m.
 
 
Part 9: From Peter Walsh hearing the sound of an ambulance siren to his opening his knife before entering Clarissa's party. 6:00 p.m.–early night
 
 
Part 10: From servants making last- minute party preparations through the end of the party and the appearance of Clarissa. Early night–3:00 a.m.
 
 
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Mrs. Dalloway

 Virginia Woolf
 

Suggestions for Further Reading

 
Bell, Quentin. Virginia Woolf: A Biography. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1972.
 
Bloom, Harold, ed. Modern Critical Interpretations: Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway. New York: Chelsea House, 1988.
 
Dowling, David. Mrs. Dalloway: Mapping Streams of Consciousness. Boston: Twayne, 1991.
 
Lee, Hermione. Virginia Woolf. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
 
Marsh, Nicholas. Virginia Woolf, the Novels. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
 
Mepham, John. Virginia Woolf. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
 
Reinhold, Natalya, ed. Woolf Across Cultures. New York: Pace University Press, 2004.
 
Rosenthal, Michael. Virginia Woolf. New York: Columbia University Press, 1979.
 
Showalter, Elaine. “Mrs. Dalloway: Introduction.” In Virginia Woolf: Introductions to the Major Works, edited by Julia Briggs. London: Virago Press, 1994.
 
Woolf, Virginia. The Common Reader. New York: Harvest Books, 2002.
 
———. Mrs. Dalloway's Party: A Short Story Sequence. Edited by Stella McNichol. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1975.
 
Zwerdling, Alex. Virginia Woolf and the Real World. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1986.
 
 
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