Widely acclaimed since its first publication in 1927, Virginia WoolfâÇÖsáTo the Lighthouseáis a novel whose overt simplicity of plot veils a complex mix of autobiographical detail, tangled social questions and deep philosophical enigmas.á The authorâÇÖs innovative use of nonlinear plot, stream-of-consciousness, and varying narrators, transforms the apparently âÇÖnormalâÇÖ incidents in the life of the Ramsay family into a probing reflection on personal relationships, the passage of time, gender, morality, happiness, and death.á Woolf consideredáTo the Lighthouseáto be 'easily the bestáof my books', a judgement with which serious students of literature can only concur.
