Who wrote the 1927 novel 'To the Lighthouse'?
"summer for the next ten years. The location of the main story in ""To the Lighthouse"", the house on the Hebridean island, was formed by Woolf in imitation of Talland House. Many actual features from St Ives Bay are carried into the story, including the gardens leading down to the sea, the sea itself, and the lighthouse. Although in the novel the Ramsays are able to return to the house on Skye after the war, the Stephens had given up Talland House by that time. After the war, Virginia Woolf visited Talland House under its new ownership with her sister"
"themes that would emerge in later work, including the gap between preceding thought and the spoken word that follows, and the lack of concordance between expression and underlying intention, together with how these reveal to us aspects of the nature of love. """"Mrs Dalloway"" (1925) centres on the efforts of Clarissa Dalloway, a middle-aged society woman, to organise a party, even as her life is paralleled with that of Septimus Warren Smith, a working-class veteran who has returned from the First World War bearing deep psychological scars"", """"To the Lighthouse"" (1927) is set on two days ten years apart. The"
"Lighthouse (novel) Lighthouse is a 1972 novel by Eugenia Price, the third and last of ""St Simons Trilogy"". Previous two were- ""The Beloved Invader"" (1965) and ""New Moon Rising"" (1969). The story centers on a man ""James Gould""- founder of the ""Southern dynasty"". He dreams to leave the cold New England hills where he was born and want to make better life for himself in the magnificent, untamed, post-Revolutionary south. How Gould pursues his strange ambition, the exotic people and places he encounters along the way, and especially the beautiful and strong willed young girl who comes to share the"
"Toward the Light Toward the Light (in Danish, Vandrer mod Lyset!) was first published in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1920 by the Danish author Michael Agerskov. The content of the book is said to have been received through intuitive thought-inspiration from the transcendental world by Michael Agerskov's wife, Johanne Agerskov, who was an intermediary. Johanne Agerskov was the daughter of the Danish inventor Rasmus Malling-Hansen. The couple were not pursuing the occult, but were inspired by intelligences in the transcendental world. They became involved with spiritist circles in the beginning of the 20th century, and soon experienced some extraordinary events. At"
"though Woolf was also inclined to brag of her affairs with other women within her intimate circle, such as Sibyl Colefax and Comtesse de Polignac. This period of intimacy was to prove fruitful for both authors, Woolf producing three novels, ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927), ""Orlando"" (1928) and ""The Waves"" (1931) as well as a number of essays, including ""Mr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown"" (1924) and ""A Letter to a Young Poet"" (1932). Sackville-West worked tirelessly to lift up Woolf's self-esteem, encouraging her not to view herself as a quasi-reclusive inclined to sickness who should hide herself away from the world,"
"began publishing in the 1920s, and novelists Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), E. M. Forster (1879–1970) (""A Passage to India"", 1924), Evelyn Waugh (1903–66), P. G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) (who was not a modernist) and D. H. Lawrence. Lawrence's ""Lady Chatterley's Lover"" was published privately in Florence in 1928, though the unexpurgated version was not published in Britain until 1959. Woolf was an influential feminist, and a major stylistic innovator associated with the stream-of-consciousness technique in novels like ""Mrs Dalloway"" (1925) and ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927). Her 1929 essay ""A Room of One's Own"" contains her famous dictum ""A woman must have money"
"The Lighthouse at the End of the World The Lighthouse at the End of the World () is an adventure novel by French author Jules Verne. Verne wrote the first draft in 1901. It was first published posthumously in 1905. The plot of the novel involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events centering on an isolated lighthouse. Verne was inspired by the real lighthouse at the Isla de los Estados, Argentina, near Tierra del Fuego and Cape Horn. Although not as well known as Verne's other novels,"
"(1892–1978), who began publishing in the 1920s, and novelist Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), who was an influential feminist, and a major stylistic innovator associated with the stream-of-consciousness technique in novels like ""Mrs Dalloway"" (1925) and ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927). T.S. Eliot had begun this attempt to revive poetic drama with ""Sweeney Agonistes"" in 1932, and this was followed by others including three further plays after the war. ""In Parenthesis"", a modernist epic poem based on author David Jones's (1895–1974) experience of World War I, was published in 1937. An important development, beginning in the 1930s and 1940s was a tradition of"
"The Lighthouse (Moore novel) The Lighthouse is a novel by English novelist Alison Moore, published on 15 August 2012. The novel deals with a middle-aged man's memories of childhood abandonment as he embarks on a walking trip through Germany. The book was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize on 11 September 2012. Futh, a recently separated middle-aged Englishman, takes a ferry to the Continent for a hiking trip through Germany. He brings with him memories of his mother abandoning him while he was still a child, his father's constant philandering, and his wife's infidelities. Meanwhile, Ester, the unhappy wife"
"teacher. In 1932 he was so weak that he could not cross the floor of their living room by his own means, and soon after the condition also involved the heart muscle. He died in 1933. Michael Agerskov Michael Agerskov, 1870–1933 was a Danish spiritualist teacher and author, best known for his book, ""Toward the Light"", which he co-authored with his wife Johanne Agerskov. Agerskov's literary production includes poems, novels, and also schoolbooks for the primary school and the secondary school in Denmark. Together with Erling Rørdam he also wrote a reader, published several times during 1904 and 1933, and"
"dream and the life he has chosen, make up the core of this novel. Lighthouse (novel) Lighthouse is a 1972 novel by Eugenia Price, the third and last of ""St Simons Trilogy"". Previous two were- ""The Beloved Invader"" (1965) and ""New Moon Rising"" (1969). The story centers on a man ""James Gould""- founder of the ""Southern dynasty"". He dreams to leave the cold New England hills where he was born and want to make better life for himself in the magnificent, untamed, post-Revolutionary south. How Gould pursues his strange ambition, the exotic people and places he encounters along the way,"
"Torchlight to Valhalla Torchlight to Valhalla is a lesbian-themed novel published by Random House in 1938, written by Gale Wilhelm. The novel is considered a classic in lesbian fiction, being one of the few hardbound novels with lesbian content to be published in the early 20th century. Quite rare for lesbian fiction in this time, the ending is actually satisfactory for the lesbian characters. It was also reissued in 1953 by Lion Publishers, but titled The Strange Path. It was re-issued once more in 1985 by Naiad Press under its original title. It was Wilhelm's second novel after ""We Too"
"The Lighthouse (James novel) The Lighthouse is a 2005 novel by P. D. James, the thirteenth book in the classic Adam Dalgliesh mystery series. Adam Dalgliesh is brought in to investigate the mysterious death of a famous writer on a remote and inaccessible island off the Cornish coast. Combe Island is a discreet retreat operated by a private trust, where the rich and powerful find peace and quiet. Famed novelist Nathan Oliver, who was born on the island and thus is allowed to visit as he wishes, arrives with his daughter, Miranda and his copy-editor, Dennis Tremlett, who, unbeknownst to"
"West Somerset in 1884–1885 and for Wellington, Somerset from 1886 to 1892. In 1869 he succeeded to his uncle's property of Whitestaunton Manor, near Chard, Somerset. During the later years of his life he retired to a great extent from legal practice, and devoted much of his time to literary work. He died at Whitestaunton. Elton's principal works were Virginia Woolf often quotes his poem ""Luriana Lurilee"" in her novel ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927), although the poem itself was not published until 1945. Charles Isaac Elton Charles Isaac Elton, QC (6 December 1839 – 23 April 1900) was an English"
"the book's many tropes and themes are those of loss, subjectivity, the nature of art and the problem of perception. In 1998, the Modern Library named ""To the Lighthouse"" No. 15 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2005, the novel was chosen by ""TIME"" magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels since 1923. The novel is set in the Ramsays' summer home in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Skye. The section begins with Mrs Ramsay assuring her son James that they should be able to visit the lighthouse"
"of a German hotelier, tries to get her husbands attentions by cheating on him. When Futh and Ester's paths meet, the consequences are disastrous... Jenn Ashworth of ""The Guardian"" called the novel ""a chilly, heart-wrenching story"". Boyd Tonkin, reviewing the book for ""The Independent"" described it as ""[d]isquieting, deceptive, crafted with a sly and measured expertise"". The Lighthouse (Moore novel) The Lighthouse is a novel by English novelist Alison Moore, published on 15 August 2012. The novel deals with a middle-aged man's memories of childhood abandonment as he embarks on a walking trip through Germany. The book was shortlisted for"
"has described a not-too-happy kind of happiness."" Torchlight to Valhalla Torchlight to Valhalla is a lesbian-themed novel published by Random House in 1938, written by Gale Wilhelm. The novel is considered a classic in lesbian fiction, being one of the few hardbound novels with lesbian content to be published in the early 20th century. Quite rare for lesbian fiction in this time, the ending is actually satisfactory for the lesbian characters. It was also reissued in 1953 by Lion Publishers, but titled The Strange Path. It was re-issued once more in 1985 by Naiad Press under its original title. It"
"bride. He became a professor of mathematics at the Royal Indian Engineering College at Cooper's Hill, Egham near London from 1871 to 1889. In 1878 he published an expanded version of ""Mathematical Problems"", and in 1888 ""Examples for Practice in the Use of Seven-figure Logarithms"". He was a close friend of Leslie Stephen from his undergraduate studies at Cambridge. Virginia Woolf used his personality for the character Augustus Carmichael in her novel ""To the Lighthouse"". His sister was the feminist Elizabeth Clarke Wolstenholme Elmy. Joseph Wolstenholme Joseph Wolstenholme (September 30, 1829 – November 18, 1891) was an English mathematician. Wolstenholme"
"To the Stars (novel) To the Stars is a science fiction novel by American writer L. Ron Hubbard. The novel's story is set in a dystopian future, and chronicles the experiences of protagonist Alan Corday aboard a starship called the ""Hound of Heaven"" as he copes with the travails of time dilation from traveling at near light speed. Corday is kidnapped by the ship's captain and forced to become a member of their crew, and when he next returns to Earth his fiancee has aged and barely remembers him. He becomes accustomed to life aboard the ship, and when the"
"Michael Agerskov Michael Agerskov, 1870–1933 was a Danish spiritualist teacher and author, best known for his book, ""Toward the Light"", which he co-authored with his wife Johanne Agerskov. Agerskov's literary production includes poems, novels, and also schoolbooks for the primary school and the secondary school in Denmark. Together with Erling Rørdam he also wrote a reader, published several times during 1904 and 1933, and also translated into Swedish. In the first decade of the last century Michael Agerskov became interested in spiritistic phenomena, and participated in spiritistic séances together with his wife, and he also produced several poems by the"
"interior of the island. Most surrender afterward, a few starve, and Vasquez watches as Kongre commits suicide. Vasquez returns home with the ""Sante Fe"" after making sure the island is safe for the new lighthousemen. The Lighthouse at the End of the World The Lighthouse at the End of the World () is an adventure novel by French author Jules Verne. Verne wrote the first draft in 1901. It was first published posthumously in 1905. The plot of the novel involves piracy in the South Atlantic during the mid-19th century, with a theme of survival in extreme circumstances, and events"
"When they land on the island, Briscoe runs into the lighthouse and blows himself up. Amongst the rubble of the lighthouse, Picasso notices the inscription ""MORTE D'AUTHOR"" painted on one of the surrounding rocks and says to the innkeeper ""He's been thinking about this for some time, George."" Monahan wrote the novel while studying Elizabethan and Jacobean drama at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Monahan completed a draft of ""Light House"" on May 18, 1991, but then ""stuck it in a drawer"". It remained unpublished until 1993 when he gave it to the literary magazine ""Old Crow Review"" to serialize"
"the history of this lighthouse and shows the many works of art it inspired. One of those whom the lighthouse is said to have inspired was Virginia Woolf, author of ""To the Lighthouse"" – although she locates the lighthouse in the Hebrides. She first visited on 12 September 1892, signing the visitors' book, as did pre–Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt who was in the same party. The lighthouse's visitors' book, containing the signature of Virginia Stephen (Woolf), was sold at auction at Bonhams on 22 November 2011 for £10,250. <br> Godrevy Lighthouse Godrevy Lighthouse was built in 1858–1859 on Godrevy"
"of 59. During the interwar period, Woolf was an important part of London's literary and artistic society. She published her first novel, ""The Voyage Out"", in 1915, through her half-brother's publishing house, Gerald Duckworth and Company. Her best-known works include the novels ""Mrs Dalloway"" (1925), ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927) and """" (1928). She is also known for her essays, including ""A Room of One's Own"" (1929), in which she wrote the much-quoted dictum, ""A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."" Woolf became one of the central subjects of the 1970s"
"Woolf's by a large margin. Sackville-West loved to travel, frequently going to France, Spain and to visit Nicolson in Persia, and these trips were emotionally draining for Woolf, who missed Sackville-West intensely. Woolf's novel ""To the Lighthouse"" with its theme of longing for someone who is not there was inspired partly by the frequent absences of Sackville-West. Woolf was inspired by Sackville-West to write one of her most famous novels, """", featuring a protagonist who changes sex over the centuries. This work was described by Sackville-West's son Nigel Nicolson as ""the longest and most charming love-letter in literature."" There were,"
"her father. For her tenth birthday, she received an ink-stand, a blotter, drawing book and a box of writing implements. Leslie Stephen was in the habit of hiking in Cornwall, and in the spring of 1881 he came across a large white house in St Ives, Cornwall, and took out a lease on it that September. Although it had limited amenities, its main attraction was the view overlooking Porthminster Bay towards the Godrevy Lighthouse, which the young Virginia could see from the upper windows and was to be the central figure in her ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927). It was a"
"Mummery later forbade her husband from climbing with Bristow, since Bristow did not accompany him on any of his 1894 expeditions, and there are no records of Bristow continuing her climbing career following his death on Nanga Parbat in 1895. Elisa Kay Sparks has speculated that Lily Briscoe, a character in Virginia Woolf's novel ""To the Lighthouse"", was named after Bristow. Lily Bristow Emily Caroline ""Lily"" Bristow (1864–1935) was an English mountaineer who made numerous ascents in the Swiss Alps with Albert F. Mummery in the 1890s. Little is known of Bristow's early life, but she made her first significant"
"clock time and the direct, subjective, human experience of time. His work on time and consciousness ""had a great influence on twentieth-century novelists,"" especially those modernists who used the stream of consciousness technique, such as Dorothy Richardson for the book ""Pointed Roofs"" (1915), James Joyce for ""Ulysses"" (1922) and Virginia Woolf (1882–1941) for ""Mrs Dalloway"" (1925) and ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927). Also important in Bergson's philosophy was the idea of ""élan vital"", the life force, which ""brings about the creative evolution of everything."" His philosophy also placed a high value on intuition, though without rejecting the importance of the intellect."
"Lighthousekeeping Lighthousekeeping is a 2004 novel by Jeanette Winterson. The novel is the first novel is a seven novel cycle. The novel depicts the perilous unbalanced psychology of the narrating character Silver, who becomes an apprentice to a lighthouse keeper. The novel follows in Winterson's typically mythological and metaphorical writing, exploring themes of storytelling, love and history. The novel received mixed reviews, with some reviewers seeing it as a continuation of Winterson's success of as a literary writer, while others frustrated by her writing. Following in Virginia Woolf's metaphor of ""To the Lighthouse"", the novel focuses on the lighthouse metaphor"
"daily activities around their lessons. Leslie Stephen was in the habit of hiking in Cornwall, and in the spring of 1881 he came across a house in St Ives, and took out a lease on it that September. Although it had limited amenities, its main attraction was the view overlooking Porthminster Bay towards the Godrevy Lighthouse, which the young Virginia could see from the upper windows and was to be the central figure in her ""To the Lighthouse"" (1927). It was a large square house, with a terraced garden, divided by hedges, sloping down towards the sea. Each year between"
"Hyde Park Gate"" (1921) and ""A Sketch of the Past"" (1940), frequently evoking her memories with the words ""I see her ..."". She also alludes to her childhood in her fictional writing. In ""To The Lighthouse"" (1927) the artist, Lily Briscoe, attempts to paint Mrs Ramsay, a complex character based on Julia Stephen, and repeatedly comments on the fact that she was ""astonishingly beautiful"". Her depiction of the life of the Ramsays in the Hebrides is an only thinly disguised account of the Stephens in Cornwall and the Godrevy Lighthouse they would visit there. But Woolf's understanding of her mother"
"autobiographical essays, including ""Reminiscences"" (1908), ""22 Hyde Park Gate"" (1921) and ""A Sketch of the Past"" (1940), frequently evoking her memories with the words ""I see her ..."". She also alludes to her childhood in her fictional writing. In ""To The Lighthouse"" (1927) the artist, Lily Briscoe, attempts to paint Mrs Ramsay, a complex character based on Julia Stephen, and repeatedly comments on the fact that she was ""astonishingly beautiful"". Her depiction of the life of the Ramsays in the Hebrides is an only thinly disguised account of the Stephens in Cornwall and the Godrevy Lighthouse they would visit there."
"the Isle of Raasay, which lies off the island's east coast, lived much of his life on Skye. The island has been immortalised in the traditional song ""The Skye Boat Song"" and is the notional setting for the novel ""To the Lighthouse"" by Virginia Woolf, although the Skye of the novel bears little relation to the real island. John Buchan's descriptions of Skye, as featured in his Richard Hannay novel ""Mr Standfast"", are more true to life. is a 2004 Italian language work of non-fiction by . The international bestseller, The Ice Twins, by S K Tremayne, published around the"