To the Lighthouse (подарочное издание)

Цена 11.71 - 14.97 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781904633495, 9781904633495

Брэнд Crw Publishing

Автор

Издатель Collector's Library

Страниц 248

Год выпуска 2004

Форма выпуска 155x110

The Collector"s Library presents the great works of literature in a handsome, hardback format. The books are sumptuously produced, enduring editions to own, to collect and to treasure, and fit neatly into the pocket, bag or briefcase. Modern classics are now taking their place in the list as well as the established classics of world literature. To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf"s finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay"s house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse. As a modernist author Woolf explored the ways in which fiction could represent reality, and To the Lighthouse can be seen as an experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the world and ourselves. It is one of the most beautifully...