num_pages: 242
description: 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.As time winds its way through their lives, the Ramsays face, alone and simultaneously, the greatest of human challenges and its greatest triumph—the human capacity for change.
language: English
title: To the Lighthouse
titlecomplete: To the Lighthouse
characters: Paul Rayley, Mrs. Ramsay, Mrs. McNab, James Ramsay, Roger Ramsay, Prue Ramsay, Nancy Ramsay, Cam Ramsay, Andrew Ramsay, Lily Briscoe, Mr. Ramsay, Minta Doyle, Augustus Carmichael, Jasper Ramsay, Rose Ramsay, William Bankes, Charles Tansley
genres: 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Novels, School, Literature, Classics, Feminism, British Literature, Fiction, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 174668
places: Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
awards: awardedAt: -1325433600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: Mariner Books