I’m not certain where to begin with discussing Mrs. Dalloway, which seems fitting. For me the craft of the story is as interesting as the story itself, perhaps more so. I loved the way that the novel flows with almost no breaks, only a few line breaks, from beggining to end. We discussed the theme of time and how the use of literal bell tolls drives home the themes of last vs. present and the unrelenting march of time, and I feel the unbroken structure of the story only adds to it. And as I wrote it just now, I’m hit by the obvious metaphor of the bell tolls and the themes of death. Big Ben tolls several times in novel, and arguably Septimus’ death is strongly connected to Clarrisa and through her every character in the story. The bell tolls for every “thee” in the novel.