House was built in 1720 and in 1923, it did not have a bathroom, only an outhouse. The second is on p. 43 where Mrs Brown in 1949 sees "beside the roses stand cereal box and milk carton..." Although Lucerne Dairy did have milk cartons in 1938, they did not come into common use until the 1960s. These are both correct in the film; Woolf is depicted using a ewer and basin to wash in the morning, and the Browns have milk in a bottle. Cunningham writes that Ralph Partridge husband of Dora Carrington worked at the Hogarth Press in 1923, however, it was "just before Christmas, [Ralph Partridge] split with the Hogarth Press". He did train Marjorie Joad in January and February 1923 as his replacement, but Cunningham writes as if he is working there still permanently. Cunningham writes on p. 72 (1998 edition), "already Marjorie has been hired...to do the jobs Ralph considers beneath him". However, Ralph had already quit. Adaptations The Hours (2002), film directed by Stephen Daldry The Hours: A Live Tribute (2016), short film directed by Tim McNeill Kevin Puts adapted the novel into an opera with the same name and a libretto by Greg Pierce, premiering in concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2022, followed by its stage premiere at the Metropolitan Opera later that year, featuring Renée Fleming, Kelli O'Hara, Joyce DiDonato, directed by Phelim McDermott. References External links Photos of the first edition of The Hours 1998 American novels Novels with lesbian themes Feminist novels American novels adapted into films Novels adapted into operas Novels by Michael Cunningham Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning works Books about Virginia Woolf Stonewall Book Award-winning works Farrar, Straus and Giroux books PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction-winning works Novels set in one day 1990s LGBT novels Novels about HIV/AIDS Novels set in the 1920s Novels set in the 1940s Novels about mental health Novels set in England