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Description
The Hours tells the story of three women: Virginia Woolf, beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway as she recuperates in a London suburb with her husband in 1923; Clarissa Vaughan, beloved friend of an acclaimed poet dying from AIDS, who in modern-day New York is planning a party in his honor; and... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Clarissa Vaughan: friend, mother, lover
- Laura Brown: California housewife
- Virginia Woolf: novelist
- Leonard Woolf: husband of Virginia Woolf
- Vanessa Bell: artist, sister of Virginia Woolf
- Julian Bell: son of Vanessa Bell
- Richard: poet
First Sentence
There are still the flowers to buy.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Michael Cunningham (Author)
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize (1999: Fiction)
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