Set around the first half of the 1920s, Mrs Dalloway follows the story of the eponymous protagonist who is planning a party in the evening. A wife of a Conservative Member of Parliament, she recounts memories from her past and muses on her feelings, thoughts and experiences. Parallels are drawn between her and Septimus Smith, a World War I veteran suffering from shellshock. As the day advances, the lives of strangers and friends collide and form a colourful tapestry, enrapturing all readers.

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The New Dress is here accompanied by most of the short stories she published in her lifetime and six other posthumously published narratives that share the milieu and some of the characters of her celebrated novel. Together, they reveal their author as one of the finest practitioners in the field of short fiction.