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Publisher: Harvest Books
Book Type: Paperback
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ISBN-13: 9780156907392 - ISBN-10: 0156907399
Publication Date: 12/27/1989
Pages: 228


Other Versions of this Book: Hardcover, Hardcover, Audio CD (Abridged), Audio Cassette (Abridged)

Book Description:
Subject of this extraordinary novel is the daily life of an English family in the Hebrides. “Radiant as [To the Lighthouse] is in its beauty, there could never be a mistake about it: here is a novel to the last degree severe and uncompromising. I think that beyond being about the very nature of reality, it is itself a vision of reality.”-Eudora Welty, from her Introduction.

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Chelle B. (bankie79) wrote on 3/28/2009...

6 member(s) found this review helpful.

Well, honestly Virginia Woolf just doesn't do it for me. I have read all of her writing (of which we are aware) and read every writing I could get my hands on about her life, writing style, and historical relations to her writing and I still couldn't get into her. The only exception would be Orlando and that was still not the best.

To the Lighthouse has a lot to offer in its colorful language and descriptions of the landscape, but I felt lost in the characters and goingsons of the novel. It was hard to get into the plot. It wouldn't be on the top of my list for reading.


Jana P. (Jana) wrote on 2/28/2007...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

As an English teacher, I felt I should read this one, but I honestly found Woolf's use of language so convoluted and complex that I couldn't make it past the first couple of chapters. It's a really tough read, and would probably be worth the effort, but I cannot honestly say so from personal experience. Good luck!

Janis C. wrote on 4/2/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

This is the book Virginia was writing during the time period of The Hours.


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Cindy C. (Highlandheart44) wrote on 7/10/2007...


Virginia Woolf at her best. Interesting insight to a bygone era.

Tracy R. wrote on 4/9/2007...


This is well written but I prefer Woolf's non-fiction.

Michael P. wrote on 8/26/2006...


The book is in good condition, but has a different picture on the cover than the book shown.

Jesse H. wrote on 7/21/2006...


A classic, surrealist novel.


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