To the Lighthouse

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TO THE LIGHTHOUSE BY VIRGINIA WOOLF (Bestseller Modern Literary Classics): SPECIAL NOOK NOOKBook EDITION

To The Lighthouse The Novel by Virginia Woolf
(Author of Orlando, A Room of One's Own, The Waves, Mrs. Dalloway) Ebook

PART OF THE COMPLETE WORKS OF VIRGINIA WOOLF [Illustrated]


VIRGINIA WOOLF

Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.

During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."


TO THE LIGHTHOUSE

To the Lighthouse (5 May 1927) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. A landmark novel of high modernism, the text, centring on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920, skilfully manipulates temporality and psychological exploration.

To the Lighthouse follows and extends the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, where the plot is secondary to philosophical introspection, and the prose can be winding and hard to follow. The novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls the power of childhood emotions and highlights the impermanence of adult relationships. Among the book's many tropes and themes are those of loss, subjectivity, and the problem of perception.

In 1998, the Modern Library named To the Lighthouse No. 15 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present.

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Product Details

BN ID:	2940013133679
Publisher:	Modern Literary Classics
Publication date:	08/13/2011
Series:	VIRGINIA WOOLF COMPLETE WORKS Nook NOOKbook Virginia Woolf Modern Literary Classics VIRGINIA WOOLF , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	305,883
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About the Author

Virginia Woolf (1882¿1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels. Her best-known books include the novels Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Orlando, and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own.

Date of Birth:

January 25, 1882

Date of Death:

March 28, 1941

Place of Birth:

London

Place of Death:

Sussex, England

Education:

Home schooling