To the Lighthouse

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Wordsworth Editions, 1994 - Fiction - 159 pages

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading.

This simple and haunting story captures the transcience of life and its surrounding emotions.

To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning the Great War.

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
11
Section 3
13
Section 4
19
Section 5
45
Section 6
52
Section 7
60
Section 8
93
Section 10
109
Section 11
110
Section 12
113
Section 13
127
Section 14
136
Section 15
140
Section 16
154
Section 17
155

Section 9
100
Copyright

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About the author (1994)

Virginia Woolf was born in London, England on January 25, 1882. She was the daughter of the prominent literary critic Leslie Stephen. Her early education was obtained at home through her parents and governesses. After death of her father in 1904, her family moved to Bloomsbury, where they formed the nucleus of the Bloomsbury Group, a circle of philosophers, writers, and artists. During her lifetime, she wrote both fiction and non-fiction works. Her novels included Jacob's Room, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and Between the Acts. Her non-fiction books included The Common Reader, A Room of One's Own, Three Guineas, The Captain's Death Bed and Other Essays, and The Death of the Moth and Other Essays. Having had periods of depression throughout her life and fearing a final mental breakdown from which she might not recover, Woolf drowned herself on March 28, 1941 at the age of 59. Her husband published part of her farewell letter to deny that she had taken her life because she could not face the terrible times of war.

Bibliographic information

TitleTo the Lighthouse
Classics Library
Wordsworth classics
AuthorVirginia Woolf
EditorNicola Bradbury
ContributorNicola Bradbury
Editionreprint
PublisherWordsworth Editions, 1994
ISBN1853260916, 9781853260919
Length159 pages
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Fiction / Classics
Fiction / General
Fiction / Literary
  
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