The Hours

Michael Cunningham`s critically acclaimed novel, which is inspired by Virginia Woolf`s MRS. DALLOWAY, tells three simultaneous stories. One is about Virginia Woolf while she is writing the novel in the mid-1920s. In another, a woman reading MRS. DALLOWAY in 1949 fights off despair. In the third, a woman named Clarissa (whose nickname is Mrs. Dalloway ) prepares a party for a friend in the late 1990s. The main action of each part of the novel takes place over the course of one day--as MRS. DALLOWAY does. A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.