Mrs. Dalloway's London

E.K. Sparks
Clemson University
October 2002
(Feel free to use this, but
please cite me) The London Walks of Mrs. Dalloway
by Virignia Woolf

(All page numbers refer to American Harcourt edition)

Mrs. Dalloway’s Walk: from Dean’s Yard, Westminster, across Victoria Street, St. James' Park, and Picadilly Street, up Old and New Bond Streets to Oxford Street (MD 3-14)

Richard Dalloway’s Walk: from Brook St. off New Bond, through Green Park, past Buckingham Palace into Dean’s Yard (MD 112-117)

Septimus & Rezia’s walk: from Oxford St. through Harley St. to the Broad Walk in Regent’s Park (MD 14-27)

Elizabeth’s Bus Ride: from Army Navy Stores on Victoria St. , up Whitehall and the Strand to Fleet Street and The Temple (MD 134-139)

Peter Walsh’s Walk: from Westminster, up Whitehall, through Trafalgar Sq., to Cockspur Street and Haymarket Street, up Regent’s Street to Regent’s Park (MD 48-56)

Some observations: Mrs. Dalloway's Walk and Septimus's are continuous. Peter Walsh's walk covers the most territory and is congruent with Mrs. D's walk + Septimus's. Peter and Richard's walks each enclose Clarissa's, but only Richard's crosses hers. Elizabeth's bus ride strikes off in a totally new direction.
Am I the only one who thinks all these walks together form the image of a vase with a flower in it?

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Mrs. Dalloway’s Walk: from Dean’s Yard, Westminster, across Victoria Street, St. James' Park, and Picadilly Street, up Old and New Bond Streets to Oxford Street (MD 3-14)	Richard Dalloway’s Walk: from Brook St. off New Bond, through Green Park, past Buckingham Palace into Dean’s Yard (MD 112-117)
Septimus & Rezia’s walk: from Oxford St. through Harley St. to the Broad Walk in Regent’s Park (MD 14-27)	Elizabeth’s Bus Ride: from Army Navy Stores on Victoria St. , up Whitehall and the Strand to Fleet Street and The Temple (MD 134-139)
Peter Walsh’s Walk: from Westminster, up Whitehall, through Trafalgar Sq., to Cockspur Street and Haymarket Street, up Regent’s Street to Regent’s Park (MD 48-56)	Some observations: Mrs. Dalloway's Walk and Septimus's are continuous. Peter Walsh's walk covers the most territory and is congruent with Mrs. D's walk + Septimus's. Peter and Richard's walks each enclose Clarissa's, but only Richard's crosses hers. Elizabeth's bus ride strikes off in a totally new direction. Am I the only one who thinks all these walks together form the image of a vase with a flower in it?