Leslie Stephen, her father, was a well-known biographer and editor. Virginia Woolf (born Adeline Virginia Stephen) was born on January 25, 1882, in London, England, into a family of artists. This is an attempt to represent the multiple, overlapping, differently focused, and expressed layers of consciousness that James Joyce foresaw when he decided to center all of the action in his novel ‘Ulysses’ (1922) on a single day.

The action in each of the two longer sections, “The Window” and “The Lighthouse,” unfolds over a single day. ‘To the Lighthouse’ is a very meticulous body of work. Similar to ‘To the Lighthouse,’ the focus of consciousness in them swings from one character to the next, from their current impressions of the outside world to their inner lives, associations, and memories. Dalloway’ (1925) had previously put to the test what readers thought fiction to be like. In her two earlier books, ‘Jacob’s Room’ (1922) and ‘Mrs. (Summary by Phil Benson)įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit Woolf published her fifth book, ‘To the Lighthouse,’ in 1927. This reading is based on the British edition of the book, which varies in parts from the American edition that was published in the same year. It can be enjoyed both for Woolf's vivid portraits of character and relationship and for its insights into the philosophy of writing and visual art. To the Lighthouse remains noteworthy for its use of multiple perspectives to reveal complexities of perception and experience.

The 'corridor' describes the decay and renovation of the house over the intervening period, punctuated by marriages and deaths among the Ramsays and their friends. The first and last parts tell of two days, ten years, and a world war apart. The book is divided into three parts, described by Woolf as 'two blocks joined by a corridor'.

Virginia Woolf's classic modernist novel explores the lives and thoughts of the Ramsays and their guests at the family's summer home on the Isle of Skye. LibriVox recording of To the Lighthouse (Version 2) by Virginia Woolf.

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