To the Lighthouse
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To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

1927•Drama•242 pages

Taste attributes: dramafamilyslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticsurrealenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeIntimate and unhurried: a realistic novel, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like patience over pace.

Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever.In this, her most autobiographical novel, Virginia Woolf captures the intensity of childhood longing and delight, and the shifting complexity of adult relationships.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaFamilyComplex relationship

Subjects

Married peopleDeathMothersSummer resortsLighthousesWidowersMarriageSocial life and customs

Details

Author
Virginia Woolf
Published
1927
Pages
242
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