To the Lighthouse

<p>Described by Virginia Woolf herself as 'easily the best of my books' and by her husband Leonard as a 'masterpiece' <em>To the Lighthouse</em> first published in 1927 is one of the milestones of Modernism. Set on the Isle of Skye over a decade spanning the First World War the narrative centres on the Ramsay family and is framed by Mrs Ramsay's promise to take a trip to the lighthouse the next day - a promise which isn't to be fulfilled for a decade. Flowing from character to character and from year to year the novel paints a moving portrait of love loss and perception.</p><p><br></p><p>Bearing all the hallmarks of Woolf's prose with her delicate handling of the complexities of human relationships <em>To the Lighthouse</em> has earned its reputation - frequently appearing in lists of the best novels of the twentieth century it has lost not an iota of brilliance.</p>