To the Lighthouse: Virginia Woolf (Macmillan Collector's Library)

To the Lighthouse: Virginia Woolf (Macmillan Collector's Library)

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Beschreibung

An experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the world and ourselves, Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse is one of the most beautifully crafted of all novels written in the English language.

Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition features an afterword by Sam Gilpin.

To the Lighthouse, considered by many to be Virginia Woolf's finest novel, is a remarkably original work, showing the thoughts and actions of the members of a family and their guests on two separate occasions, ten years apart. The setting is Mr and Mrs Ramsay's house on a Scottish island, where they traditionally take their summer holidays, overlooking a bay with a lighthouse.
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Seitenzahl
248
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11.17 €

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Kurzer, harter Brocken 🫤

Auf der schottischen Isle of Skye verbringt Familie Ramsey 1910 gemeinsam mit Freunden ihren Urlaub. Während die Erwachsenen jeder für sich mit ihrer eigenen Gefühlswelt hadern, fiebern die Kinder auf das Highlight des Urlaubes hin: die Fahrt zum nahe gelegenen Leuchtturm, die dann jedoch aufgrund des Wetters nicht statt finden kann. Erst zehn Jahre später – nach dem Tod der Mutter und zwei ihrer Kinder – kann der Vater seinen verbliebenen Kindern den Wunsch erfüllen. ⭐️⭐️ Das, was diese Novel wohl so besonders macht, ist was mir am wenigsten gefallen hat: der Schreibstil. Der Effekt, der durch die vielen Perspektivwechsel und die Beobachtungen und die Einblicke in die jeweiligen Gefühlswelten erzielt wird, ist zwar maßgeblich für den Charme des Buches, hat aber auch dafür gesorgt, das mein Lesefluss ständig gestört wurde und ich den Verlauf der Story nur schlecht verfolgen konnte.

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Finished the book. Hated it very much but maybe I’m just to stupid to understand it… :)

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At first glance, really not my thing. A lot of stream of conciousness and very confusing at parts. BUT talking about it with others and going deeper into the text it's really amazing what the words hide in there and how deeply you can interpret it. So solid book, probably even better if you like that kind of time period!

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As can be expected from modernist novels, there is not much action or dialogue, but a loooooooot of thinking and observing. A line from the book: "Some notion was in both of them about the ineffectiveness of action, the supremacy of thought." - No shit, Sherlock, I noticed. If I were to think as much and as obsessively as these people, I would have jumped off a cliff long ago. Everybody thinks all the times and thinks the opposite three pages later... sure, people and relationships are comlicated, but can't you throw a murder or a torrid affair amongst your philosophical treatises?

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