Clarissa is the eponymous protagonist of which Virginia Woolf novel set on one day in post World War One London?
The Hours (novel) history and backstory, which otherwise might appear quite trivial—buying flowers, baking a cake and such things. Cunningham's novel also uses the device in Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" of placing the action of the novel within the space of one day. In Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway" it is one day in the life of the central character Clarissa Dalloway. In Cunningham's book it is one day in the life of each of the three central characters; Clarissa Vaughan, Laura Brown and Virginia Woolf herself. Through this prism, Cunningham attempts, as did Woolf, to show the beauty and profundity of every day—even the most
Night and Day (Woolf novel) it centres on Katharine, Ralph, Mary, and William, is dotted with minor characters who appear for the most part only in the various tea parties. They include: Night and Day (Woolf novel) Night and Day is a novel by Virginia Woolf first published on 20 October 1919. Set in Edwardian London, "Night and Day" contrasts the daily lives and romantic attachments of two acquaintances, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. The novel examines the relationships between love, marriage, happiness, and success. Dialogue and descriptions of thought and actions are used in equal amount, unlike in Woolf's later book, "To the Lighthouse".