In recent years the media have bombarded the public, especially women, with the age issue. From pla stic surgery to Botox to anti- wrinkle cream to celebrity endorsements, the public domain has been inundated with references on aging and prevention. With this anti-aging boom, scholarly literature has tended to focus attention toward the cosmetic/physical side of aging in evaluating popular magazines, films, and television shows. However, these critical assessments have not included the representations of aging and women in popular novels. Through textual analysis, this study examines the representations of aging and women in Virginia Woolfs Mrs. Dalloway and Michael Cunninghams The Hours. Drawing on Kolmar and Bartkowskis collection of feminist theory and Bernards concept of challenging age myths, this paper is driven by feminist insight that suggests a need to reevaluate the aging process in terms of womans knowledge of herself and her body. Using Millers inquiry on the importance of literature, this paper also explores the value found in studying literature and its impact on the human condition.