The Hours

Part of our celebration of Virginia Woolf

A screening marking the centenary of the publication of Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf, introduced by Caroline Baylis-Green

The story of how the novel Mrs. Dalloway affects three generations of women, all of whom, in one way or another, have had to deal with suicide in their lives.

The Hours is the story of these women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears.

Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.

Introductory Speaker
Caroline Baylis-Green is an independent scholar, adult education tutor, and visiting lecturer at the University of Sussex. She teaches on visual culture, film, long-nineteenth century, and modernist literature. She completed her PhD on women’s life writing, poetry, and cultural theory at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2016. Caroline also volunteers locally for the National Trust as a House Guide at Monk’s House, Rodmell, East Sussex (home of Leonard and Virginia Woolf).

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