To the Lighthouse

Considering all the labels and praise and criticism that have attached themselves to Virginia Woolf and TO THE LIGHTHOUSE, it can be difficult for the new reader to formulate a nonpartisan - though still subjective - opinion. The book is supposed to be this; it is supposed to be that; feminist literature and experimental stream-of-consciousness literature and ground-breaking modernist classic and member in-good-standing of the Western Cannon and so on - any one of which may wear like a loose, or very ill-fitting, garment, depending on the proclivities of the individual reader.

The Power of "To" Furiously trying to finish reading To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf before the opera began, I didn't take time to read the program notes. The lights dimmed, three men stood on stage, a table behind them.

I have now read or listened (via audio tape) to this book five times. Each time, I have enjoyed it more, and have been enabled to look deeper into it.