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: Mr. Ramsay, Roger Ramsay, Augustus Carmichael, Minta Doyle, Charles Tansley, William Bankes, Lily Briscoe, Jasper Ramsay, Nancy Ramsay, Mrs. Ramsay, Cam Ramsay, Rose Ramsay, Mrs. McNab, James Ramsay, Paul Rayley, Prue Ramsay, Andrew Ramsay
genres: Novels, Literary Fiction, Feminism, Classics, School, British Literature, Modern Classics, Fiction, Literature, 20th Century
ratings_count: 174824
places: Skye, Inverness-shire, Scotland
awards: awardedAt: -1325433600000
name: Prix Femina - Vie Heureuse
publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC Audio)