Time to Talk: Virginia Woolf's "To the Lighthouse"

A virtual book discussion of Virginia Woolf's 1927 novel "To the Lighthouse." Streamed live on Saturday, March 20, 2021 at 1:00pm.
In January, 2021, TSL hosted a lively discussion on Woolf’s 1925 novel Mrs. Dalloway. You may view a complete recording of the talk here: • Time to Talk: Virginia...

[@larrymarshall9454]

I'm very late to this party but I want to say how much I've enjoyed this presentation as well as the one you did on The Waves.

[@thingsthathappenedtomymoth2816]

I read TO THE LIGHTHOUSE last week. My introduction to her. I was not expecting a book so dramatic. If you will, I did not expect to feel a stake in the outcome of the story.

[@jillpiggott2017]

Woolf would love this reply. I'm a retired lit prof and have read and reread her novels, stories, essays, diaries, letters, and thus feel confident in offering a big yahoo on her behalf. You've identified precisely the real feat of "To the Lighthouse": Woolf's ability to turn the novel inside out, transferring drama from the exterior plotline to the interior life of her characters. And you read with exactly the kind of "sympathy" that Mrs. Ramsay so admires: you felt a stake in others' feelings.

[@thingsthathappenedtomymoth2816]

@@jillpiggott2017 Thank you!