Virginia Woolf · 1925 · overland

Virginia Woolf's novel of a single June day in 1923, moving through the streets and parks of London. Clarissa Dalloway walks out to buy flowers and prepare for her evening party, while across the city the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Warren Smith comes undone; their paths never cross, yet at the party the news of his death reaches her, and the hours of the day close into one.

1. 1
   Dean's Yard, Westminster

   On a fine June morning Clarissa Dalloway steps out to buy the flowers for her evening party herself.

2. 2
   St James's Park

   She crosses into the morning park as Big Ben strikes and the bronze circles of sound dissolve over the city.

3. 3
   Bond Street

   At the florist on Bond Street she chooses her flowers, the long day and the party ahead of her.

4. 4
   Regent's Park

   Across the city the shell-shocked veteran Septimus Warren Smith sits with his wife Rezia, hearing the dead speak.

5. 5
   Harley Street

   Septimus is brought to the eminent Sir William Bradshaw, who calmly prescribes a rest home away from his wife.

6. 6
   Bloomsbury

   Rather than be taken away, Septimus throws himself from the lodging-house window.

7. 7
   Westminster (the party)

   That evening, at the height of her party, the news of the young man's death reaches Clarissa - and she understands it.