To The Lighthouse
(Vintage Voyages)
Published on 6. June 2019
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-78487-532-9 (ISBN)
Description
Woolf's textured prose invites us into each of the characters' minds as we follow them on a winding, decade-long journey to the lighthouse.
Mr and Mrs Ramsay and their eight children have always holidayed at their summer house in Skye, surrounded by family friends. But as time passes, bringing with it war and death, the summer home stands empty until one day, many years later, the family return to make the long-postponed visit to the lighthouse.
VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
Mr and Mrs Ramsay and their eight children have always holidayed at their summer house in Skye, surrounded by family friends. But as time passes, bringing with it war and death, the summer home stands empty until one day, many years later, the family return to make the long-postponed visit to the lighthouse.
VINTAGE VOYAGES: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind
Reviews / Votes
To The Lighthouse is one of the greatest elegies in the English language, a book which transcends time -- Margaret Drabble It is an elegy for lost times and family life * The Week * Thrillingly introspective -- Katy Guest * The Independent * A little master piece... a brilliant evocation of consciousness, perception, loss and our relation to time -- Helen Edmundson * Week *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 128 mm
Width: 197 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
186 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78487-532-9 (9781784875329)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.