To the Lightouse

Thanks, all, for agreeing to read Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse." There is no shortage of critical analysis of this book, so I'm not even going to venture into those waters (pun intended, of course). I think our group recommendation to other readers would be sure to set aside blocks of time (probably no less than half-hour increments) for reading "Lighthouse" as the rhythm of Woolf's language is one of the huge rewards of this read and impossible to enjoy in short snippets. My greatest pleasure in reading this came from some of the internal thoughts of the female characters - the kind of internal dialogue that is often present in my head - though really quite more elegantly phrased!!!!


I would like to return to Woolf's journals and letters again at some point in my personal reading. Which reminds me that we did discuss the joys of real letter writing (and reading) when we discussed "Lighthouse." Perhaps we should remember to include either a compendium of letters or an epistolary work of some sort in our readings sometime down the road.