{"product_id":"to-the-lighthouse-9781509844548","title":"To the Lighthouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesigned to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition features an afterword by Sam Gilpin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn experimental work that pushes the limits of what we know about the world and ourselves, Virginia Woolf's \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most beautifully crafted of all novels written in the English language. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVirginia Woolf was born in 1882, the youngest daughter of the Victorian writer Sir Leslie Stephen. She was educated at home with her sister, Vanessa, in a literary environment. The death of Woolf's mother in 1895 and her father in 1904 led to the first of the serious nervous breakdowns that would come to feature heavily in her life. Shortly afterwards she moved with her sister and two of her brothers to 46 Gordon Square, which was to be the first meeting place of the circle of writers and artists known as the Bloomsbury Group. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, with whom she would later establish the Hogarth Press, and also published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e. It would be followed by eight others, including \u003ci\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e (1925) and \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e (1927), which together established her position as one of the most important modernists of the twentieth century. Woolf committed suicide in 1941.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MacMillan Collector's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618958643474,"sku":"9781509844548","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4dbff20f-c35e-498a-8d5b-f37c318cf430.jpg?v=1748601123","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/to-the-lighthouse-9781509844548","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}