“
Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.
ClarissaMrs Dalloway · Section 1
10:00 AM — London
Section 1 of 12 · A Wednesday in June
A single day in June, post-war London. Clarissa Dalloway, wife of a Member of Parliament, decides to buy flowers for her evening party. She steps out into Westminster, and as she walks, memories of her youth at Bourton flood in.
Why This Matters
The novel’s famous opening line — Clarissa taking action, stepping out into the June morning.
independencedomesticitybeginnings
Virginia Woolf in 1902
George Charles Beresford, 1902 · Public Domain