To The Lighthouse Paperback by Virginia Woolf

Product Details

• Publisher: Fingerprint (2016-03-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 220 pages
• ISBN-13: 9788175993594
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse is a lyrical and deeply introspective novel that explores the inner lives of its characters against the backdrop of a summer home by the sea. Through the shifting perspectives of the Ramsay family and their guests, Woolf masterfully weaves themes of time, memory, art, and identity. A landmark in modernist literature, the novel transcends plot to delve into the fluid nature of consciousness, the quiet complexities of relationships, and the ephemeral beauty of everyday life.

A haunting journey through memory, time, and the tides of the human soul.

• Delve into the stream-of-consciousness narrative that redefined modern fiction.
• Reflect on the delicate interplay between art, life, and the passage of time.
• Explore the intimate thoughts and emotions of vivid, complex characters.
• Experience Virginia Woolf’s poetic language and philosophical depth.

Perfect For:

• Lovers of introspective and character-driven literature
• Students of modernist fiction and feminist literary thought
• Readers interested in psychological depth and experimental narrative
• Admirers of Virginia Woolf’s timeless literary legacy

Themes:

• The fluidity of time and memory
• The roles of women and gender dynamics
• Art, perception, and creative purpose
• Family, loss, and existential introspection
• Impermanence and the search for meaning

About the Author

Born as Adeline Virginia Stephen in Kensington, London, in 1882, Virginia Woolf was the daughter of the eminent critic and founding editor of the Dictionary of National Biography Leslie Stephen and Julia Prinsep Duckworth Stephen. Raised by her parents in their literate and well-connected household, she was influenced by the Victorian literary society and the prominent British intellectuals of her time including Henry James, George Henry Lewes, and James Russell Lowell. Virginia began writing in her teens. Her reviews were published anonymously in the Times Literary Supplement and other journals. The Voyage Out, originally titled Melymbrosia, was her first novel published in 1915 by Duckworth. She developed her art and went on to publish a number of novels including Night and Day (1919), Jacob’s Room (1922), Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), Orlando (1928), The Waves (1931), and The Years (1937).A Room of One’s Own (1929) and Three Guineas (1938) are among her famous non-fiction books. She drowned herself on March 28, 1941, by walking into the River Ouse with her overcoat pockets filled with stones. Her body was found on April 18, 1941. Virginia Woolf’s works have been translated into more than fifty languages. She continues to remain one of the significant writers of the twentieth century.