Piccadilly
“One of London’s most famous roads,” and a major route between central and west London. The name is thought to come from “the ‘picadil,’ a stiff collar made by a local seventeenth-century tailor.” Piccadilly was once home to a number of aristocratic mansions, but many of the street’s wealthy residents fled the growing noise and traffic of the early twentieth century. Piccaddily was also known for “a succession of small, intimate shops,” including Hatchards booksellers. Located on Piccadilly since 1797, the prestigious Hatchards is where Clarissa Dalloway pauses to window shop (Glinert 176-77). It remains there today.
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