To the Lighthouse (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- First Published: 1927
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Stream of consciousness
- Time of Work: 1910-1920
- Setting: The Isle of Skye in the Hebrides
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Character study
- Subjects: Family or family life, Philosophy or philosophers, Tradition, Gender roles, Art or artists, Marriage, Social life, 1910’s, Islands, Creative process, World War I, Scotland or Scottish people, Parties, Victorian era or Victorianism, Lighthouses
- Locales: Hebrides, Scotland, Isle of Skye, England
Characters Discussed
Mr. Ramsay, a professor of philosophy, a metaphysician of high order, an author, and the father of eight. Not really first-rate, as he realized by the time he was sixty, he knew also that his mind was still agile and his ability to abstract strong. Loved by his wife, he is nevertheless offered sympathy and consolation for the things he is not. Lithe, trim, and the very prototype of the philosopher, he attracts many people to him and uses their feelings to buoy him in his weaknesses. He is not truly a father; his gift for the ironic and sardonic arouses fear...
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