17. Mrs. Dalloway: (pg 52)

17. Mrs. Dalloway: (pg 52) “Then the thin long cloak which the wind stirred as she walked past Dent’s shop in Cockspur Street blew out with enveloping kindness…”:
Cockspur Street is a street in London. Peter follows this route in his pursuit of an attractive young woman. Woolf may have used this street “promiscuously”—as a joke to the name of the street. Peter’s character is frustrated and isolated. Woolf uses suggestive language and the vibrant imagery of the streets of London to depict Peter’s isolation.

Mrs. Dalloway’s London map. Mrs. Dalloway. Virginia Woolf. Harcourt Inc. 2005. 30 August 2009.