The novel is an intensely lyrical stream-of-consciousness about an Indian woman who leaves her family home to be married.这部小说是一部意识流作品，描绘了一个为出嫁而离家的印度女人内心强烈的情感。Woolf's stream-of-consciousness technique伍尔夫的意识流写作技巧The stream-of-consciousness they expect of a friend over coffee is not really what they need of their president.他们并不希望总统像朋友一样和他们随心漫谈。