11. Mrs. Dalloway

"Mr. Dalloway had sent...the Imperial Tokay" (166).

Tokay is a famous Hungarian wine made out of grapes that are almost ripened to raisins. The quantity produced of Imperial Tokay is so small that very little of it ever reaches the market to be sold. From Virginia Woolf including Imperial Tokay in her book, it implies that the Dalloway's had the privilege and enough importance within their community to get their hands on the scarce wine. Virginia uses the wine to reveal the Dalloway's ranking among their conrads.

"Tokay." Factopia. 27 September 2009. 2007.
http://www.factopia.com/t/tokay_grocer.html