This paper compares the two novels "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf and "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham, showing how they are connected, how Cunningham has made use of "Mrs. Dalloway" in giving form and substance to his novel, and how "The Hours" helps illustrate themes from "Mrs. Dalloway" and from the life if its author, Virignia Woolf, primarily on the subject of suicide.