Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house for the soiree, she is flooded with memories and re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life. This title presents the portrait of one day in a woman's life. Written by Virginia Woolf and published in 1925, the book is written in a stream-of-consciousness style.