To the Lighthouse Author: [British] Virginia Woolf Publisher: Shanghai Translation Publishing House

Introduction · · · · · ·
To the Lighthouse describes the life of Professor Ramsay's family and several close friends on vacation on a Scottish island after World War I. The author attempts to explore the meaning of life and the nature of the self in this very simple novel, pointing out that the self may escape the clutches of the endless passage of time and live forever despite the threat of death. The flashing lighthouse tip symbolizes the light of Ramsay's soul.

The stream-of-consciousness writing techniques of this book are very noteworthy, such as perspective shifts, two times, symbolism, musical structure, and reference to painting.