∗a woman crossing london, carrying time and desire

Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.

What a lark! What a plunge!

For Heaven only knows why one loves it so, how one sees it so, making it…

The world has raised its whip; where will it descend?

∗Woolf's stream-of-consciousness technique dissolves the boundary between inner and outer worlds, rewarding readers who attend to how a single morning—its sights, sounds, and fleeting memories—becomes a complete psychological universe.

A woman prepares for a party on a June morning in post-war London.