{"product_id":"to-the-lighthouse-virginia-woolf-9791043139512","title":"To the Lighthouse","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet on an island off the Scottish coast, To the Lighthouse minutely examines the fleeting impressions of a large cast of family, friends, lovers, and hangers-on. Who can we be, \u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/strong\u003e invites us to ask, if no one can ever know our hearts-if they're unknowable even to ourselves? To the Lighthouse remains one of the most important Modernist novels, exquisitely composed by one of the most gifted writers of the Modernist movement.The opening section follows the passage of a day with a thwarted objective: to go to the nearby lighthouse. The concluding section revisits this expedition a decade later, when so much is irrevocably changed, as a chance to glimpse interpersonal understandings and connections. The novel provides a brilliant example of stream-of-consciousness writing, and raises questions that provoke us still: questions about whether children are the fullest realization of one's posterity, how women artists are regarded socially, and how money and status enable-or close off-networks, relationships, and the dreams we hold most dear.As masterful as its technique is, however, the lasting value of this novel for twenty-first-century readers may be its sharp representation of the emotional labor that people-particularly women-perform in order to manage the needs and expectations of others\u003cstrong\u003e. Woolf\u003c\/strong\u003e wrote in an age when women's participation in society was tightly restricted by class norms and stultifying domesticity. Nearly a century later, scholars still have a great deal to say about Mrs. \u003cstrong\u003eRamsay\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eLily Briscoe\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the tension between Mr. \u003cstrong\u003eRamsay\u003c\/strong\u003e and his son \u003cstrong\u003eJames\u003c\/strong\u003e.Woolf's fifth novel, and one of her most successful books both critically and commercially, To the Lighthouse was originally published in \u003cstrong\u003e1927\u003c\/strong\u003e, simultaneously in England and the United States. Due to a quirk in the management and correction of the proofs, according to scholar \u003cstrong\u003eHans Walter\u003c\/strong\u003e Gabler, the two editions were \"not identical, since in a significant number of instances \u003cstrong\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/strong\u003e marked up the first proofs differently\" for her two publishers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Woolf\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9791043139512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Les Prairies Numeriques\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.57d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e74078 \/ To the Lighthouse\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Virginia Woolf","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520339456255,"sku":"9791043139512","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f374dd3b-08e5-469a-ba43-e30f013ee0a1.jpg?v=1778742173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-the-lighthouse-virginia-woolf-9791043139512","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}