One July day in London, Clarissa Dalloway is preparing to give a party. As she goes about her business, her mind floats back to the past, and to the people and places that have mattered to her. Elsewhere in the same city, others also go about their lives; Peter Walsh, who once proposed to Mrs. Dalloway and was turned down; Septimus Smith and his wife Lucrezia, who are struggling with the impact of Septimus’ spiralling mental state; and several others, whose lives, inner and outer, are touched on throughout the course of this one day. Mrs. Dalloway is beautifully written, in a lyrical style that draws you in, despite the…