To the Lighthouse (Classic Collection (Brilliance Audio))
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (872 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1480559911 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dr. Lee D. Carlson said The incredible verbosity of introspection. As is the case for every novel, there are characters that one can admire and those that one can detest. This can be by design by the author or by accidental imputation by the reader. This novel does not leave the reader neutral, and in fact does not require neutrality. In this work there is no gallivanting from. Relish those sentences! Yvonne M Virginia Woolf facile use of the English language is breath-taking. She conveys the interior monologue of her characters, with its tangents and non-sequiturs, lucidly and it easy for the reader to follow without becoming disoriented or lost in the words. Read this just to savor her sentences! The ideas of someo. "Worth the read" according to Eliana. Stream of consciousness; one of the most cohesive and conflicting forms of writing invented. But it certainly is beautiful. As with any other Woolf novel, it twists and turns, revealing multitudinous layers. And for those of you that find it "dry" I encourage you to read until the end, when the story line colla
Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut), who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Woolf in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours, brings the impressionistic prose of this classic to vibrant life.Split into three parts, the story observes Mrs. Ramsay, Mr. While the novel follows seemingly trivial events between the family members, the plot takes a backseat to philosophical introspection, which gave the novel its fame as an icon of modernist literature. The Ramsays' quest to recapture meaning creates a powerful allegory of man’s impermanent battle with the tangible world.To the Lighthouse is part of Audible’s A-List Collection, featuring the world’s most celebrated actors narrating distinguished works of literature that each star helped select.. To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf’s arresting analysis of domestic family life, centering on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the early 1900s. Ramsay, and their children at their vacation house on the Isle of Skye
These passages are interspersed with quick, sharp, simple sentences that gain strength in contrast. Ramsey is both trapped in and pleased in her roles as wife, mother and hostess. Leishman makes masterly use of volume, timbre and resonance to distinguish between characters and draw us into the emotional swings and vibrations of the internal musings of each. All rights reserved. Leishman also draws our attention to Woolf's poetic prose: her rhythms and images, her use of hard consonants in monosyllabic words in counterpoint to long, soft, dreamy words and phrases. Leishman swims smoothly through Woolf's sentences that ebb and flow with numerous parenthetical thoughts and fresh images. Ramsey is consumed with his legacy