[Vwoolf] Wednesday in June

Tue Jun 19 12:41:20 EDT 2012

Oh, Anne, what a great idea to have a Clarissa day!

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Woolfians,

We know the novel is set on a Wednesday in June of 1923, toward the middle of the month.

June 21, 1923 was a Thursday.

There were no solar eclipses in June in 1923.

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.

There is no ClarissaDay as there is a Bloomsday.

Best,

Anne

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Dear Molly--

In Robin Lippincott's Mr. Dalloway, which I reviewed (along with a couple of other Woolf-inspired novels) some years ago in the Woolf Studies Annual, 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.

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.

Hoping your summer is happy--
Karen

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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? Molly
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