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To the Lighthouse

By Virginia Woolf
Series: The Penguin English Library
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is a novel that delves into the complex dynamics of the Ramsay family during their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The story examines themes of time, memory, and the intricacies of human relationships, weaving through the perspectives of multiple characters. Woolf uses her signature stream-of-consciousness style to explore the inner thoughts and emotions of her characters, creating a poignant reflection on the passage of time and the nature of art and life.
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You might enjoy this book if you appreciate richly woven prose and deep psychological insight into family dynamics and personal quests. With its innovative narrative structure and beautifully crafted language, it delves into themes of time, memory, and artistic expression. Perfect for readers who relish introspective and thought-provoking fiction.

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To the Lighthouse

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Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series.

The Lighthouse was then a silvery, misty-looking tower with a yellow eye that opened suddenly and softly in the evening.

To the Lighthouse is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family holiday, and a meditation on marriage, on parenthood and childhood, on grief, tyranny and bitterness. For years now, the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever; but as the First World War looms, the integrity of family and society will be fatally challenged.

With a psychologically introspective mode, the use of memory, reminiscence and shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate, poetic essence, and at the time of publication in 1927, it represented an utter rejection of Victorian and Edwardian literary values.

The Penguin English Library - collectable general readers' editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century to the end of the Second World War.

Series: The Penguin English Library

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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is lauded for its intricate narrative style and profound philosophical depth. Reviewers praise its exploration of the nature of time and human consciousness, highlighting the novel’s evocative imagery and emotional depth. Critics often commend Woolf’s masterful prose and innovative use of stream of consciousness, which contribute to the book’s enduring status as a seminal work in modernist literature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241341681

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 07 June 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Hermione Lee
  • Introduction by Hermione Lee

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 158g

Pages: 208

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About the Author

Virginia Woolf, born in 1882, was a major modernist novelist and the centre of the inter-war Bloomsbury Group. Between 1925 and 1931 she produced her finest masterpieces, from Mrs Dalloway to the poetic and highly experimental novel The Waves. She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, journalism and biography, including A Room of One's Own (1929), a passionate feminist essay. Suffering from depression, she drowned herself in the River Ouse in 1941.

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