<p> 'For now she need not think of anybody. She could be herself by herself. </p><p> And that was what now she often felt the need of-to think; well not even </p><p> to think to be silent; to be alone...'</p><p> First published in 1972 To the Lighthouse is an exceptional experiment in </p><p> the literary technique of stream of consciousness. It is considered as one </p><p> of the best English-language novels of the twentieth century. This novel by </p><p> Virginia Woolf is an epitome of human desire a force that pulsates over </p><p> the indifferent sea of the natural world leading people's passage across it. </p><p> To the Lighthouse like Woolf 's other works has earned its rightful place in </p><p> feminist literature of all times.</p>