Books with title To the Lighthouse

To the Lighthouse (5 May 1927) is a novel by Virginia Woolf. A landmark novel of high modernism, the text, centering on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920, skillfully manipulates temporality and psychological exploration. To the Lighthouse follows and extends the tradition of modernist novelists like Marcel Proust and James Joyce, where the plot is secondary to philosophical introspection, and the prose can be winding and hard to follow. The novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. The novel recalls the power of childhood emotions and highlights the impermanence of adult relationships. Among the book's many tropes and themes are those of loss, subjectivity, and the problem of perception. 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 from 1923 to present. (wikipedia.org)

Winner at the 2015 International Latino Book AwardsWhat is a lighthouse of souls? It’s the light that guidesLeo and his grandpa over distant seas, to discover those who wait every night for a gentle word to help them fall asleep with a smile on their lips.The Lighthouse of Souls is not only a tender tale of the relationship between grandparents and their grandchildren, but also between all of those who look for something they share in common: a light that guides them towards hope.Guided Reading Level: P, Lexile Level: 1000L

Many a shoal there was under the tossing, turbulent waves, unsuspected by the unwary mariner, and, in the heavy fogs that often hung like wet, impenetrable blankets over that part of the New England coast, many a vessel would have crashed to its destruction had it not been for the faithful Captain Ezra Bassett, who had been keeper of the light since Rilla was a baby.The dog’s sight must have been keener than that of the girl, for a moment later he dashed away up the narrow strip of beach and began to bark furiously at some object that was tossing on an incoming wave. The girl raced after him, her hazel eyes glowing with excitement, her long brown hair, with a glint of red in it, unfastened, flying back of her.

To the Lighthouse is Virginia Woolf’s arresting analysis of domestic family life, centering on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland in the early 1900s. Nicole Kidman (Moulin Rouge, Eyes Wide Shut), who won an Oscar for her portrayal of Woolf in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Hours, brings the impressionistic prose of this classic to vibrant life.Split into three parts, the story observes Mrs. Ramsay, Mr. Ramsay, and their children at their vacation house on the Isle of Skye. While the novel follows seemingly trivial events between the family members, the plot takes a backseat to philosophical introspection, which gave the novel its fame as an icon of modernist literature. The Ramsays' quest to recapture meaning creates a powerful allegory of man’s impermanent battle with the tangible world.To the Lighthouse is part of Audible’s A-List Collection, featuring the world’s most celebrated actors narrating distinguished works of literature that each star helped select.

Early on a summer morning, about the beginning of the nineteenth century, two fishermen of Forfarshire wended their way to the shore, launched their boat, and put off to sea. One of the men was tall and ill-favoured, the other, short and well-favoured. Both were square-built, powerful fellows, like most men of the class to which they belonged. It was about that calm hour of the morning which precedes sunrise, when most living creatures are still asleep, and inanimate nature wears, more than at other times, the semblance of repose. The sea was like a sheet of undulating glass. A breeze had been expected, but, in defiance of expectation, it had not come, so the boatmen were obliged to use their oars. They used them well, however, insomuch that the land ere long appeared like a blue line on the horizon, then became tremulous and indistinct, and finally vanished in the mists of morning. The men pulled “with a will,”—as seamen pithily express it,—and in silence. Only once during the first hour did the big, ill-favoured man venture a remark. Referring to the absence of wind, he said, that “it would be a’ the better for landin’ on the rock

Complete & Unabridged 2004 Chivers EIGHT CDs Audiobook set in sturdy black plastic Clamshell case. CDs are imprinted "COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED." 7.6 hours 8 CD Audio Book by Chivers CD Ltd. Read by a professional English stage, TV & film actress. Jacket shows lighthouse photo with white lettering. Publisher: Chivers CD Audio Books, division of BBC Audiobooks Ltd; Complete & Unabridged Edition (2004). (8 CD set in Clamshell case) (Bath, UK). 8 CD Audiobook Set (June 1, 2004). Manufactured in England. Distributed by BBC Audiobooks USA. Item CCD 414. ISBN: 0754096173. Audio book Title: VIRGINIA WOOLF - To the Lighthouse - Read by Phyllida Law (Complete and Unabridged) (8 CDs Audiobook Set Chivers CD # CCD.414 -- Import) (Audiobook - Import) (2004). Total Playing Time: 7 Hours 37 Minutes by Virginia Woolf (Author); Phyllida Law (Narrator); Weight: 11.4 oz./0.4 kg. Total Listening time Seven Hours, 37 Minutes. Phyllida Law is an English TV, stage, film star actress.

A mysterious lighthouse. A dark secret. And a boy who changes a town.In a small 1929 town, children who misbehave are sent to a landlocked lighthouse where someone, or some thing, known only as the Caretaker punishes them. Or so the story goes.When 14-year-old Will Sumner discovers a family secret, everything he believes is about to change. About an uncle who died in the Great War. About the people he’s known his entire life. And especially about the lighthouse.Lighthouse on the Hill is the wonderful debut novel by author Dennis E Smith. Exciting, funny, and gripping in equal measure, children and adults alike will be absorbed in this tale of mystery.Get a copy now

All children need someone who will listen to them, support them, and protect them. This concept is metaphorically expressed in The Lighthouse, by Denise Akeroyd-Guillory, with a lighthouse representing a child’s primary source of support. Through engaging and fast-moving text and vibrant and relevant illustrations, the idea of a lighthouse and its parallel to children’s primary support network is presented in a straightforward and easily understandable manner. This book can be used by parents, guardians, teachers, mental health professionals, and anyone else in a helping profession to assess a child’s primary support person. In fact, The Lighthouse has been shown to be an effective tool for individuals of all ages in helping them to express the person or people who are their primary support resources, even though it is primarily a children’s book. Its message of the importance of support for each person is inspirational.

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