To the Lighthouse (1927)
0.3382Canon Score · ranked #23 all time
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About the book
This novel is an extraordinarily poignant evocation of a lost happiness that lives on in the memory. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland, and they expect these summers will go on forever.In this, her most autobiographical novel, Virginia Woolf captures the intensity of childhood longing and delight, and the shifting complexity of adult relationships. From an acute aware
Why it ranks #23
Every list on which To the Lighthouse appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| The Novel 100 (Burt) | Editorial list | #21 / 100 |
| BBC 100 Stories That Shaped the World | Major international poll | #42 / 100 |
| OCLC/WorldCat Top 500 Novels (2019) | Editorial list | #123 / 500 |
| Bokklubben World Library (2002) | Major international poll | Selected |
| Guardian 1000 Novels (2009) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| 1001 Books You Must Read (union) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Bloom, The Western Canon (1994) | Editorial list | Selected |