To the Lighthouse Author:Virginia Wolf Woolf's best known novel records the daily life of a large English family and their guests on a holiday in the Hebridges. The surface action is minimal but Woolf uses the stream of consciousness technique, a progression of internal progressions and thoughts, to capture the charactors' moment-by-moment reactions to the passing of time. The unde... more »rlying tensions between the nurturing Mrs. Ramsay and the coldly rational Mr. Ramsay speak volumes about the conflicts of male and female relationships. But perhaps Woolf's most dazzling accomplishment in "To the Lighthouse" is her depiction of the painter Lily Briscoes's triumphant creative moment as she struggles to complete a painting and ultimately experiences the transcendence of art.« less