Virginia Woolf To the Lighthouse

　　One of the greatest literary achievements of the 20th century and the author's most popular novel. The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, together with their children and assorted guests are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable and moving ... (展开全部) 　　One of the greatest literary achievements of the 20th century and the author's most popular novel. The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, together with their children and assorted guests are holidaying on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Virginia Woolf constructs a remarkable and moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life, and the conflict between male and female principles.　　

　　Virginia Woolf is now recognized as a major twentieth-century author,a great novelist and essayist and a key figure in literary history as a feminist and a modernist.Born in 1882,she was the daughter of the editor and critic Leslie Stephen,and suffered a traumatic adolescence after the deaths of her mother,in 1895,and her step-sister Stella,in 1879,leaving her subject to breakdowns for the rest of her life.