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Book Review : To The Lighthouse

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Book Name: To The Lighthouse Author: Virginia Woolf Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Literary Theory, History & Criticism Format: Paperback Print length: 218 pages  Rating: 3/5 To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf is not driven by plot, rather it is a journey through the Ramsay family exploring introspection between past and present incidents. Book Blurb On Amazon “A sort of transaction went on between them, in which she was on one side and life was on another and she was always trying to get the better of it, as it was of her.”On the Isle of Skye in Scotland, the Ramsay family is predicting and contemplating upon a visit to a lighthouse. and from the postponement emerges this incredible portrait of family life. James desires to visit the lighthouse, Mrs. Ramsay searches for permanence, Mr. Ramsay aims to be a successful philosopher and Lily Briscoe, a passionate artist, is struggling over an incomplete artwork.Will James get to visit the lighthouse?Will the other characters t...