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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
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To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
"A miraculous novel of family, love, war, and mortality..."
🖋️ CLASSIC LITERATURE | MODERNIST FICTION | PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM
An uncompromising and deeply moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflict between men and women.
Extended Synopsis
In To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable narrative centered around the Ramsay family and their assorted guests holidaying on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The novel is structured around three powerfully charged visions of their lives, beginning with the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse. Through the serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay and the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, Woolf details the small joys and quiet tragedies of everyday existence.
As time winds its way through their lives, the Ramsays face the greatest of human challenges and triumphs: the capacity for change. The novel serves as a moving portrait in miniature of family dynamics while offering profoundly universal implications. It gives language to the silent spaces that separate people and the monumental efforts required to transgress those spaces to reach one another.
About the Author
Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) is recognized as one of the most innovative and influential writers of the twentieth century. A central figure in the Bloomsbury Group, her groundbreaking narrative techniques and profound insights into human psychology have solidified her works as fundamental pillars of modernist literature.
Reader Targeting & Academic Utility
- Literature Students: Essential reading for analyzing modernist narrative structures and stream-of-consciousness techniques.
- Classic Fiction Enthusiasts: A beautifully crafted masterpiece that reshapes how readers perceive reality and prose.
- Academic Curriculums: Highly relevant for courses focused on 20th-century British literature, feminism, and family dynamics in fiction.
Technical Specifications
| ISBN-13 | 9780156907392 |
| ISBN-10 | 0156907399 |
| Format | Paperback (1st Edition) |
| Publisher | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich |
| Publication Date | 1981 |
| Language | English |
| Subjects | Classics & Literature, Literary Fiction, Drama |
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