The novel ends with Clarissa’s party and Peter is among the guests. In the afternoon Clarissa receives an unexpected visit form Peter, where both of them seem still to be attracted by each other, even if many years have passed. Her mental activity is paralleled by that of Peter Walsh, the man Clarissa was in love when she was young, and who has come back to London after a long stay in India. As she goes through the day, her thoughts linger on different people and events, mainly on her husband Richard and on her daughter Elizabeth. Clarissa Dalloway is followed from early morning, when she leaves her house in London to go out and order flowers for an evening party, to night, when the party takes place. The novel, which was written in 1925, is set in London and deals with a day in Mrs. Women in novels between Victorian Age and Modernism
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