num_pages: 285
description: This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever. In this, her most autobiographical novel, Virginia Woolf captures the intensity of childhood longing and delight, and the shifting complexity of adult relationships. From an acute awareness of transcience, she creates an enduring work of art.
language: English
title: To the Lighthouse
titlecomplete: To the Lighthouse
characters: Andrew Ramsay, Roger Ramsay, Rose Ramsay, Augustus Carmichael, Prue Ramsay, Nancy Ramsay, Cam Ramsay, Charles Tansley, Jasper Ramsay, Mr. Ramsay, Mrs. Ramsay, Paul Rayley, Mrs. McNab, James Ramsay, William Bankes, Lily Briscoe, Minta Doyle
genres: Fiction, British Literature, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Feminism, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 174738
places: Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
awards: awardedAt: -1325433600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: Oxford University Press