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She had the oddest sense of being herself invisible; unseen; unknown.
ClarissaMrs Dalloway · Section 1
10:00 AM — London
Section 1 of 12 · A Wednesday in June
Walking through London, Clarissa reflects on what it means to be "Mrs. Richard Dalloway" — a social role that makes her visible to some and invisible as an individual. Yet she finds freedom in this anonymity.
Why This Matters
Clarissa’s meditation on the gap between the social self and the inner life — a key theme of modernist fiction.
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Kensington Gardens, the Broad Walk
John Atkinson Grimshaw, 1880 · Public Domain