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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Oh, Anne, what a great idea to have a Clarissa day! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>mad<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu [mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu] <b>On Behalf Of </b>ANNE E. FERNALD<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 19, 2012 11:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Vwoolf] Wednesday in June<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>Woolfians,<br><br>We know the novel is set on a Wednesday in June of 1923, toward the middle of the month.<br><br>June 21, 1923 was a Thursday.<br><br>There were no solar eclipses in June in 1923.<br><br>The other clue to the exact date would be the cricket scores, but David Bradshaw has shown that they are notional and do not correspond to the scores on a particular date.<br><br>There is no ClarissaDay as there is a Bloomsday.<br><br>Best,<br><br>Anne<br><br>Anne E. Fernald<br>Director of Writing/Composition at Lincoln Center,<br>Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies<br>Fordham University<br>113 W 60th St.<br>New York NY 10023<br><br>212/636-7613<br><a href="mailto:fernald@fordham.edu">fernald@fordham.edu</a><br><a href="http://www.fordham.edu/english">http://www.fordham.edu/english</a><br><a href="http://www.fordham.edu/womens_studies">http://www.fordham.edu/womens_studies</a><br><br><img border=0 width=16 height=16 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.gif@01CD4E18.D3E03400" alt="Inactive hide details for kllevenback---06/19/2012 09:17:18 AM---Dear Molly-- In Robin Lippincott's Mr. Dalloway, which I revie"><span style='color:#424282'>kllevenback---06/19/2012 09:17:18 AM---Dear Molly-- In Robin Lippincott's Mr. Dalloway, which I reviewed (along with a couple of</span><br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5F5F5F'>From: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:kllevenback@att.net">kllevenback@att.net</a></span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5F5F5F'>To: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:omolly@satx.rr.com">omolly@satx.rr.com</a>, <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a></span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5F5F5F'>Date: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>06/19/2012 09:17 AM</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5F5F5F'>Subject: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Re: [Vwoolf] Wednesday in June</span><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#5F5F5F'>Sent by: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="mailto:vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" noshade style='color:#8091A5' align=left></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Dear Molly--</span><br><br><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>In Robin Lippincott's <i>Mr. Dalloway</i>, which I reviewed (along with a couple of other Woolf-inspired novels) some years ago in the <i>Woolf Studies Annual, </i>it is a solar eclipse which is seen to be a clue to dating--and is at the center of the day in June the "novella" involves.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>As I recall, I rather liked the allusion, having been lucky enough to witness a solar eclipse myself. Clearly an eclipse is more special, the solstice being an annual occurrence.</span><br><br><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Hoping your summer is happy--</span><br><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>Karen</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal><hr size=2 width="100%" align=left></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times","serif"'> "<a href="mailto:omolly@satx.rr.com">omolly@satx.rr.com</a>" <<a href="mailto:omolly@satx.rr.com">omolly@satx.rr.com</a>><b><br>To:</b> <a href="mailto:vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">vwoolf@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a><b><br>Sent:</b> Tue, June 19, 2012 8:31:33 AM<b><br>Subject:</b> [Vwoolf] Wednesday in June<br><br><br>It has been my considered opinion that Mrs Dalloway takes place on the Summer Solstice which, according to Whitaker's Almanac, occurs on June 21 in 1923."Everything had come to a standstill." Other opinions? 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