Before Virginia Woolf wrote Mrs. Dalloway, she explored in a series of captivating sketches and stories a similar revelry in the mental and physical excitement of a party. The seven stories collected here make up a kind of writer's notebook, a dynamic and delightful exploration of what Woolf called "party consciousness."

(Key Words: Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf, Stream of Consciousness, World War I, Fiction, England, Parties, London, Stella McNichol, World War One).