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To the lighthouse /

"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...

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Main Authors: Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. (Author)
Group Author: Lockwood, Patricia (writer of foreword.); Lee, Hermione (Editor); McNichol, Stella
Published: Penguin Books,
Publisher Address: [New York] :
Publication Dates: 2023.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Penguin vitae
Penguin classics
Subjects:
English > Scotland > Fiction.
Loss (Psychology) > Fiction.
Mothers > Death > Fiction.
Summer resorts > Fiction.
Married people > Fiction.
Lighthouses > Fiction.
Widowers > Fiction.
Anglais > Écosse > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Perte (Psychologie) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Stations d'été > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Couples mariés > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Phares > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Veufs > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Skye, Island of (Scotland) > Fiction.
Skye, Île de (Écosse) > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Novels.
Psychological fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Romans.
Summary: "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."--
Item Description: First published in Great Britain by The Hogarth Press, 1927.
Annotated edition published by Penguin Books (UK), 1992.
First published with a foreword by Patricia Lockwood by Penguin Books (USA), 2023.
Carrier Form: lxi, 221 pages ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-212).
ISBN: 9780143137573
0143137573
9780143137580
0143137581
Index Number: PR6045
CLC: I561.45
Call Number: I561.45/W913-49

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