To the Lighthouse
~ Virginia Woolf, Mark Hussey
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A few people whose profile includes this book
nickomc
~ 30-year-old man in Woodbridge, United Kingdom
To the Lighthouse
“I think Virginia was probably a genius. A constantly mutating style, pellucid prose. What a damn fine book. Plus the whole...”
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The bit with the dog, mainly. I cried buckets. Large salty opalescent tears.”
Kinbote
~ 32-year-old man in Washington, DC
To the Lighthouse
“One of the first books I fell in love with.”
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
“Drool-inducing prose. Nabokov has a touch with language that is surprising and delectable. I feel the urge to describe some of...”
sivvyx01
~ 34-year-old woman in Brisbane, Australia
To the Lighthouse
“Flowers, the sea and flowing handkerchiefs - gardens and the smell of summer. Sweetness.”
The Catcher in the Rye
“I think it's wise to re-read this at every significant point in your life: teens/20's/30's etc...Now that I am 31, time to dust...”
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A few comments on To the Lighthouse (2)
Aug 11, 2:43 AM
Osean, a 59-year-old man in Petaluma
“What I remember most from this book read long ago was how the father, a self-professed mediocre to good philosopher at a provincial university, yet understood the process by which great philosophers worked. They are the ones who can flash from A-Z in an instant, not requiring the intervening steps.
Another way to phrase this, perhaps: I use words to define what I see, what before language we already knew.”
Sep 27, 2010, 5:27 PM
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Santello, a 33-year-old man in Las Vegas
“I told a buddy, this book is the summit of literature for me. Profound and beautiful from start to finish. My book snob side uses this type of book to distinguish between people who read-read and people who read Harry Potter (not that there is anything wrong with Harry Potter).”