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To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
I quite enjoyed this. I think I preferred it to Mrs Dalloway, just because the themes felt more resonant and because the characters are more likeable.
I like the stream of consciousness style - sometimes a little confusing, but having to work at it is satisfying. Woolf's capacity to create a whole narrative out of such little plot is remarkable. It feels like it's written by someone who experiences a real 'voice' inside their head as consciousness though - I don't, and so I felt that something like A Girl is a Half Formed Thing reflects better how I myself perceive thoughts.
My favourite part is the second section, where describing the house's decline shows time passing. I felt a strong sense of the transience of human action and feeling in comparison to ever-lasting, patient nature.
Woolf is perceptive on themes of gender roles and each gender's dependence on the other. I would have liked to understand better why Lily does not want to marry, and why Mrs Ramsay is so obsessed with it.
The end, in whichMr Ramsay tries to restore/complete his wife and son's past desires to go to the lighthouse though it is too late now , was poignant. I wished we had more consciousness from Mr Ramsay though.
I like the stream of consciousness style - sometimes a little confusing, but having to work at it is satisfying. Woolf's capacity to create a whole narrative out of such little plot is remarkable. It feels like it's written by someone who experiences a real 'voice' inside their head as consciousness though - I don't, and so I felt that something like A Girl is a Half Formed Thing reflects better how I myself perceive thoughts.
My favourite part is the second section, where describing the house's decline shows time passing. I felt a strong sense of the transience of human action and feeling in comparison to ever-lasting, patient nature.
Woolf is perceptive on themes of gender roles and each gender's dependence on the other. I would have liked to understand better why Lily does not want to marry, and why Mrs Ramsay is so obsessed with it.
The end, in which