Like James Joyce's Ulysses, Virginia Woolf's masterpiece unfolds within a single day, but it is a deep dive into human consciousness. Mrs. Dalloway is flooded with thoughts, memories, faces, ghosts, people of all classes, meals and marriages, the living and the dead, soldiers and doctors, logical and illogical impressions—all amidst the hustle and bustle of the streets, shops, and parks of colorful London. The anniversary collector's edition for the 100th anniversary of the book's first release includes a foreword by the author and an insert of the cover of the first edition (1925), designed by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell.