![]() ![]() ![]() Some noted that it made things confusing and usually meant that passages needed re-reading a few times before they made sense. Split into three sections, To The Lighthouse is told from various perspectives – sometimes the point of view jumps between different characters, while at other times you read from the perspective of an omniscient narrator. We began by discussing the novel’s narrative. So I think it’s safe to say that Woolf is a pretty commanding literary figure, but although some of us book clubbers may have been afraid we were all ready to brave the storm! Not only is Woolf revered as a prominent modernist author, she was also a key member of the Bloomsbury group and since her death has been increasingly heralded as a feminist icon. A benchmark in English literature, Woolf’s fifth novel tells the story of the quarrelsome Ramsay family visiting their holiday home in the Isle of Skye. Virginia Woolf’s To The Lighthouse was the focus of January’s book club meeting. ![]()
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