A car backfiring paralyzes him, and he reflects on his life. Septimus struggles with the aftereffects of the war, hearing voices and feeling that life has little meaning. Meanwhile, the second storyline begins with Septimus Smith, a shellshocked war veteran, out on the street with his wife, Lucrezia. Throughout the morning, Clarissa reflects on her past, including her decision to marry Richard Dalloway thirty years earlier, rather than her more fiery suitor Peter Walsh. She begins her day running an errand to purchase the flowers for the party. The novel interweaves two seemingly unconnected storylines during this day.Īt the beginning, Clarissa Dalloway, fiftyish and recently recovering from an illness, is preparing for a party she will host that evening. Dalloway is a unique novel in that it takes place in a single day - a Wednesday in mid-June 1923.
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