| To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf Hardcover Book Contributor(s): Woolf, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 2382261390 ISBN-13: 9782382261392 Publisher: Sahara Publisher Books OUR PRICE: $60.87 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1931 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - Regional |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.82 lbs) 174 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. Following and extending the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, the plot of To the Lighthouse is secondary to its philosophical introspection. Cited as a key example of the literary technique of multiple focalization, the novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls childhood emotions and highlights adult relationships. Among the book's many tropes and themes are those of loss, subjectivity, the nature of art 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 since 1923. |
