To the Lighthouse - Rilegato

Woolf, Virginia

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ISBN 10: 1904633498 ISBN 13: 9781904633495

Casa editrice: Macmillan Collector's Library, 2004

Riassunto

To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse. As a modernist author Woolf explored the ways in which fiction could represent reality, and To the Lighthouse can be seen as an experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the world and ourselves. It is one of the most beautifully crafted of all novels written in the English language. With an Afterword by Sam Gilpin.

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L'autore:

Virginia Woolf was born in 1882, the youngest daughter of the Victorian writer Leslie Stephen. After her father's death, Virginia moved with her sister Vanessa (later Vanessa Bell) and two of her brothers, to 46 Gordon Square, which was to be the first meeting place of the Bloomsbury Group. Virginia married Leonard Woolf in 1912, and together they established the Hogarth Press. Virginia also published her first novel, The Voyage Out, in 1912, and she subsequently wrote eight more, several of which are considered classics, as well as two books of seminal feminist thought. Woolf suffered from mental illness throughout her life and committed suicide in 1941.

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To the Lighthouse (Engelstalig) wordt door velen beschouwd als Virginia Woolf's beste roman. Het boek is een opmerkelijk origineel werk, dat de gedachten en de acties volgt van de leden van een familie en hun gasten. Beschreven wordt hoe op een Schots eiland Mr. en Mrs. Ramsay's hun zomervakantie vieren in hun zomerhuis, aan een baai met een vuurtoren. Ze worden gevolgd op twee momenten, tien jaar van elkaar gescheiden.
Als modernist onderzoekt Woolf de manieren waarop fictie de werkelijkheid het best kan weergeven, To the Lighthouse is een experimenteel werk, dat de grenzen oprekt van wat wij over de wereld en onszelf weten. Het is één van het prachtigste romans ooit in het Engels geschreven.

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• Editore: Macmillan Collector's Library
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1904633498
• ISBN 13: 9781904633495
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 248