Literary
The Hours
Three women in three eras share a single day linked to Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway: Woolf herself, a 1950s housewife and a present-day New Yorker planning a party. Their stories begin to echo one another.
- First published
- 1998
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you like quiet, beautifully made novels that spend a lot of time inside characters' thoughts.
Skip this if you want much plot, or you are looking for an upbeat read.
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