# Sally Seton — Mrs Dalloway character guide

> Sally Seton in Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Sally, Seton, Lady Rosseter

**First appearance:** 0000-mrs-dalloway

## Who they are

The wild, brilliant girl who once ran naked down a Bourton corridor and kissed Clarissa, now a married woman arriving at the party she never quite left.

## Relationships

### [Clarissa Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/clarissa_dalloway)

_romantic_

Intense youthful romantic friendship with lingering emotional intimacy and nostalgia.

### [Peter Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/peter_walsh)

_friendship_

Close friends bonded by their shared history with Clarissa and mutual affection.

### [Hugh Whitbread](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/hugh_whitbread)

_social_

Acquaintances from the same social circle, with Sally finding Hugh pompous and conventional.

### [Elizabeth Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/elizabeth_dalloway)

_friendship_

Warm, mentoring friendship with Sally treating Elizabeth as a kindred spirit.

### [Richard Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/richard_dalloway)

_friendship_

Friendly but slightly awkward relationship, with Richard appreciating Sally's vitality.

### [Clarissa Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/clarissa_dalloway)

_romantic_

Intense youthful romantic friendship with lingering emotional intimacy and nostalgia.

### [Clarissa Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/clarissa_dalloway)

_romantic_

Intense youthful romantic friendship with lingering emotional intimacy and nostalgia.

### [Hugh Whitbread](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/hugh_whitbread)

_social_

Acquaintances from the same social circle, with Sally finding Hugh pompous and conventional.

### [Peter Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/peter_walsh)

_friendship_

Close friends bonded by their shared history with Clarissa and mutual affection.

### [Richard Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/richard_dalloway)

_friendship_

Friendly but slightly awkward relationship, with Richard appreciating Sally's vitality.

### [Richard Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/richard_dalloway)

_friendship_

Friendly but slightly awkward relationship, with Richard appreciating Sally's vitality.

### [Peter Walsh](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/characters/peter_walsh)

_friendship_

Close friends bonded by their shared history with Clarissa and mutual affection.

## In the story

### [Mrs. Dalloway](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/mrs_dalloway_se/chapters/mrs-dalloway)

Mentioned in Clarissa's thoughts; married a bald man with cotton mills; has five boys.

## Links

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