Bankes to see, but feels it is somehow necessary. Nobody has seen the piece yet, and it is something intensely personal for Lily. Early in the book, when Lily is working on her painting, Mr. She spends much of her time trying to finish a painting of the Ramsays’ house. She is one of several guests spending the summer with the family. Lily Briscoe is a young woman staying with the Ramsay family at their summer home. A proper understanding of how solitude is dealt with in To the Lighthouse can perhaps also set one on the path of arriving at that longed for union with another. An analysis of how Woolf delves into this reality in her book can help readers to better assimilate the truth of what she captures. Using a stream of consciousness narrative, she shows that though we are capable as humans of sharing with others, this sharing is limited and each of us ultimately faces reality alone. Woolf depicts the characters as deeply experiencing a sense of solitude even when they are with others. The two days are separated by a span of ten years. She tells the story of a family, the Ramsays, spending two days at their summer home with a few guests. In her 1927 novel, To the Lighthouse, Woolf boldly, yet compassionately, explores the solitude of the human person.
In my reading, I have yet to find an author who so thoroughly and honestly addressed this reality as Virginia Woolf. However, regardless of place or time, one’s ability to achieve union with another has been and will continue to be limited. We all long for companionship and lasting union with another. 1st edition cover – designed by Vanessa Bell
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