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Enchanting
Just wonderful, similar to Revolutionary Road in some ways. The monotony of life is depicted well. It is haunting, as is the illness felt by Woolf. The sto... READ MORE
A beautiful book
I love this book. It's something you sink into and escape from the world with. Cunningham weaves three stories together seamlessly, moving between them wit... READ MORE
Synopsis
Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, ‘The Hours’ is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf.
In 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novel.
A young wife and mother, broiling in a suburb of 1940s Los Angeles, yearns to escape and read her precious copy of ‘Mrs Dalloway’.
And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990s New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friend.
Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, this exquisite novel intertwines the stories of three unforgettable women.
Publisher information
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9781841150352
- Number of pages: 240
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
- Weight: 160g
- Languages: English
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If Mrs Dalloway were a diamond it would be almost as big as the Ritz, priceless, and kept under lock and key in a national museum. Visitors would gape at i... READ MORE
Why Haven't I Read This Before?!
We had chosen this book for our LGBTQ+ Book Club, apparently being a classic. First off I was a little bewildered by the stream-of-consciousness narrative ... READ MORE