Virginia Woolf was an English novelist and essayist and one of the foremost literary figures of the modernist movement of the twentieth century. In her works, she experiments with the stream of consciousness technique, and delves into the underlying psychological and emotional motives of her characters. This is exemplified in novels such as Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Orlando and in the short stories: `Monday or Tuesday’, `Kew Gardens’ and `The Mark on the Wall’, which are included in this collection.