China and Britain have historically had strained, even antagnoistic, relations. Mrs. Dalloway, in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street," references China as something her husband mentions as a way of trying to reform her impulsive giving: "she remembered how on their honeymoon Dick had shown her the folly of giving impulsively. It was much more important, he said, to get trade with China. Of course he was right." Mr. Dalloway is here upholding a binary between male rationalism (the world of commerce and trade relations) and female emotionality (impulsive giving).

Bond Street, in the West End of London, has been known for its fashionable shops and prestigious retailers since the 18th century. This is Mrs. Dalloway's destination in Virginia Woolf's short story, "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923). In one of the descriptions, Mrs. D imagines her ancestors walking up and down Bond Street: "A hundred years ago her great-great-grandfather, Seymour Parry, who ran away with Conway's daughter, had walked down Bond Street.

Mrs. Dalloway, in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923) walks through Westminster on her way to Bond Street, and accidentally passing it, end up by what is claimed to be the oldest bookshop in the UK: "and now—she had passed Bond Street—she was by Hatchard's book shop."

St. James' Palace is no longer home to the monarch, but does usually house several of the minor royals and is used as a ceremonial meeting place. Mrs. Dalloway, in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923), passes by it in her walk through Westminster: There was St James palace; like a child's game with bricks."

"Claridge's is a 5-star hotel at the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street in Mayfair, London. It has long-standing connections with royalty" (Wikipedia). After WWI, business boomed because all the upper class people who had given up their London townhouses needed somewhere to stay. In Virigina Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923), Mrs.

Devonshire House was the townhouse of the Dukes of Devonshire in the 1700s and 1800s. In 1919, after WWI, the house was abandoned, like many other houses of the wealthy. In Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923), Mrs. Dalloway passes the house on Piccadilly, prompting memories of its past splendor: "[Jack] hated frumps. "My God Clarissa! My God Clarissa!"—she could hear him now at the Devonshire House party, about poor Sylvia Hunt in her amber necklace and that dowdy old silk.

Green Park is one of London's Royal Parks. It is just north of Buckingham Palace. There are several references to a "Park" in Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923), however, based on other specific locations, and Mrs. Dalloway's destination of Bond Street, it appears most likely that this "Park" is Green Park.

The Mall is a road in the City of Westminster, running from Trafalgar Square, through the Admiralty Arch, to Buckingham Palace.

Piccadilly Street is a street in the City of Westminster between Hyde Park Corner and Piccadilly Circus. Historically many important houses and buildings have been built along Piccadilly, and it's currently regarded as one of London's shopping streets. In Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street" (1923), Mrs. Dalloway ends up here as she walks to Bond Street: "The air stirred with energy.

Buckingham Palace is the royal London residence and adminstrative headquarters of the monarch. It's located in the City of Westminster, which is why Mrs.