The New Dress

A yellow dress. A party full of strangers. A spiral of self-doubt.

In The New Dress, Virginia Woolf delivers a powerful psychological portrait of Mabel Waring—a woman whose excitement about wearing a new yellow dress quickly unravels into shame, anxiety, and self-loathing at a high-society gathering. With haunting detail and stream-of-consciousness brilliance, Woolf captures the inner turmoil of a woman confronting social pressure, insecurity, and the harsh gaze of others .

This edition includes annotations and critical insights that illuminate the story's themes of gender, identity, and perception—perfect for students, feminists, and fans of modernist fiction.

"Woolf renders a whole world from a single emotion." – The Modernist Review

"A haunting short story that will stay with you long after it ends." – The Guardian

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