TO THE LIGHTHOUSE
WITH INTROUCTIONS BY EAVAN BOLAND AND MAUD ELLMAN
The serene and maternal Mrs Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr Ramsay, together with their children and assorted guests, are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable and moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life. One of the great literary achievements of the twentieth century, To the Lighthouse is often cited as Virginia Woolf's most popular novel.
The Vintage Classics Virginia Woolf series has been curated by Jeanette Winterson, and the texts used are based on the original Hogarth Press editions published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf.
VIRGINIA WOOLF
Virginia Woolf, born in 1882, was the major novelist at the heart of the inter-war Bloomsbury Group. Her early novels include The Voyage Out, Night and Day and Jacob's Room. Between 1925 and 1931 she produced her finest masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando and the experimental The Waves. Her later novels include The Years and Between the Acts, and she also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, journalism and biography, including the passionate feminist essay A Room of One's Own. Suffering from depression, she drowned herself in the River Ouse in 1941.
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WOOLF VIRGINIA
Adeline Virginia Woolf nació en Londres el 25 de enero de 1882, hija de Leslie Stephen y Julia Prinsep Stephen, y fue educada en King's College de Londres. Se casó en 1912 con Leonard Woolf, con quien formó parte del grupo de Bloomsbury. Su carrera literaria se desarrolló en el siglo XX dentro del modernismo anglosajón y escribió novelas, ensayos y biografías. Entre sus obras más conocidas se encuentran La señora Dalloway, Al faro, Orlando y Las olas. Residió en Monk's House, Sussex, y falleció el 28 de marzo de 1941 en el río Ouse, cerca de Lewes.
