To the Lighthouse Pdf

ISBN: 0156907399
Title: To the Lighthouse Pdf
Author: Virginia Woolf
Published Date: 1989
Page: 209

“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 the Introduction.The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and the conflict between men and women.

"So much depends, she thought, upon distance; whether people are near to us or far from us" "So much depends, she thought, upon distance; whether people are near to us or far from us". So writes Virginia Woolf of the forlorn, but independent Lily Briscoe in To the Lighthouse. There are so many adjectives one can use to describe how truly great this novel is. To sum the action up would be rather easy. It's about the Ramsay family vacationing at a Scottish beach house in the early nineteen hundreds. From the outside the action seems minimal, but Woolf constructs this novel from the inside. We glimpse the inner workings of the characters on this little island. We see their thoughts, weaknesses, loves, and losses. As Woolf writes so much of the novel deals with distance. Distance to time, to each other, and the perceptions we conjure in our minds. This book on the one hand is about perceptions and how we perceive each other in life. The whole novel is set as if it were in slow motion. Very few words are spoken, but the ones that are take on important meaning in the story. As I was reading I felt much the same way as Mr. Ramsay, James, and Cam thought as they journeyed to the lighthouse. I allowed Virginia Woolf's beautiful prose to wash over me. Her words moved much the same as a wave does; seemingly innocent at first, but packed with a punch that could knock you on your feet. There are so many beautiful characters in this story from the elegant and motherly Mrs. Ramsay to the conflicted and sexist Mr. Tansley. Perhaps my favorite part of the whole novel was the dinner scene. So many sorrowful and joyous things culminating at once. There were many times in this novel that I was almost moved to tears reading the descriptive sentences that Woolf weaves together. I will admit that this was no easy read. It may be only 200 pages, but each page lingers with the reader and begs to be slowed down; allowing the words to wash over them. A modernist classic To the Lighthouse implements Woolf's stream of consciousness technique that many may find difficult or confusing to read. My advice is to slow down. You may get confused trying to decipher who's mind you are in. but after a while it begins to flow. To the Lighthouse is true classic, and highly recommend it!Relish those sentences! Virginia Woolf facile use of the English language is breath-taking. She conveys the interior monologue of her characters, with its tangents and non-sequiturs, lucidly and it easy for the reader to follow without becoming disoriented or lost in the words. Read this just to savor her sentences! The ideas of someone from pre- and post-WW I was an interesting contrast as well.Beautiful. This took me a few chapters to get into, but when I did, I really did. Someone else wrote this tip, and it is absolutely true: sit down and spend a chunk of time at a go on this. Don't just read a few pages before falling asleep. The music of the writing takes a little while to settle into at first and then it becomes beautiful. These characters will stick with you.

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