Mrs. Dalloway is a novel written by Virginia Woolf and published in 1925. As Woolf stated “Mrs. Dalloway" is a study of insanity and suicide. "Mrs. Dalloway" is an example of stream of consciousness storytelling and moves reader from one character consciousness to another. It takes place over the course of a single day and mainly focuses on Clarissa Dalloway an English socialite and Septimus Warren Smith a veteran and victim of the Great War.
It is not much happening in this novel: the title character walks through the city, encounters a few strangers along the way, prepares the evening reception and meets a man who she loved once. It is story about life that happens here and now and perception of reality.
This novel is examination of human personality which as we know is complex. Interaction between characters exposes different aspects of one's personality. Woolf portrays people as judgmental and superficial. She enters mind of the characters that she portrays and reader discover how twisted they are behind the facade of order, harmony and family happiness. Simply the appearance of a person is different from the real inner personality.
This book helps reader to discover that human being is multi-dimensional and probably do not have one real self. It is an excellent book.
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