To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
This novel is a pioneering work of modernist literature that explores the Ramsay family's experiences at their summer home on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. The narrative is divided into three sections, focusing on a day in the family's life, a description of the house during their absence, and their return after ten years. The book is known for its stream of consciousness narrative technique and its exploration of topics such as the passage of time, the nature of art, and the female experience.
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- Published
- 1927
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Short
- Pages
- 200-300
- Original Language
- English
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Farol
- Al Faro
- Al faro
- K Fyru
- K Majáku
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- 1st on A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life (The Daily Mail)
- 2nd on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
- 3rd on 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 3rd on The Greatest 20th Century Novels (Waterstone)
- 4th on The 100 Best Novels Of All Time In English (The Guardian)
- 5th on As if You Don't Have Enough to Read, Fiction Edition (New York Times)
- 5th on The Ideal Library (Book)
- 6th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- 6th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
- 7th on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
- 8th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 9th on The 100 Best Books from 1900 to the Present (Yedioth Ahronoth)
- 11th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
- 13th on Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- 14th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 15th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
- 15th on 50 Best-Loved Novels Written by a Woman (United Kingdom) (Guardian)
- 15th on The Modern Library | 100 Best Novels (Modern Library)
- 16th on 100 Must-Read Classics, as Chosen by our Readers (Penguin (UK))
- 18th on The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century (Folha de São Paulo)
- 19th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
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- 29th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
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- 32nd on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 34th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
- 38th on Top 50 Books (The Daily Telegraph)
- 39th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 42nd on The 100 Stories that Shaped the World (BBC)
- 48th on The Modern Library's 100 Best Novels: The Readers' List (The Modern Library)
- 56th on 4chan’s Literature Board’s Aggregate Top 100 Books for the Decade 2014 - 2024 (Reddit)
- 56th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 60th on Books Of The Century (Library Journal)
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- 121st on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
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- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
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- The Booklist Century: 100 Books, 100 Years (BookList)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
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- TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
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