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The Hours
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  Michael Cunningham Michael Cunningham, author of The Hours (1998), in 2016. (more) The Hours novel by Cunningham Ask the Chatbot a Question More Actions Share Share Share to social media Facebook X URL https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Hours-novel-by-Cunningham Feedback Corrections? Updates? Omissions? Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Feedback Type Select a type (Required) Factual Correction Spelling/Grammar Correction Link Correction Additional Information Other Your Feedback Submit Feedback Thank you for your feedback Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article.

  External Websites Ask the Chatbot a Question Written by Anna Foca Anna Foca's work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, where the work originally appeared. Anna Foca Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica Last Updated: Feb 28, 2025 • Article History Table of Contents Table of Contents Ask the Chatbot The Hours, novel by American writer Michael Cunningham, published in 1998. It won a Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award, and it was adapted as a 2002 film starring Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, and Julianne Moore. An intricate reworking of Virginia Woolf’s classic 1925 stream-of-consciousness novel, Mrs. Dalloway, which describes a day in the life of a London socialite as she prepares for a party, Michael Cunningham’s The Hours splits Clarissa Dalloway’s internal monologue into the third-person narratives of three women. Clarissa Vaughan is a middle-aged lesbian living in contemporary New York City. To help establish the links with Woolf’s ...(100 of 574 words)

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