To the Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf, Pocket Classic

Sinopsis

To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. In 1998, the Modern Library named To the Lighthouse No. 15 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. In 2005, the novel was chosen by TIME magazine as one of the one hundred best English-language novels since 1923.

Disponible desde: 01/01/2023.

Longitud de impresión: 200 páginas.

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