Virginia Woolfs masterpiece now in a beautiful clothbound edition designed by Coralie BickfordSmithOne of the most moving revolutionary artworks of the twentieth century Michael CunninghamClarissa Dalloway elegant and vivacious is preparing for a party and remembering those she once loved In another part of London Septimus Warren Smith is suffering from shellshock and on the brink of madness Smiths day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends their lives converging as the party reaches its glittering climax Virginia Woolfs masterly novel in which she perfected the interior monologue brings past present and future together on one momentous day in June 1923 Edited by Stella McNichol with an Introduction and Notes by Elaine Showalter