To the Lighthouse: (Illustrated)

To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. The novel centres on the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye in Scotland between 1910 and 1920. The novel is set in the Ramsays' summer home in the Hebrides, on the Isle of Skye. The section begins with Mrs Ramsay assuring her 6-year-old son James they should be able to visit the lighthouse the next day. This prediction is countered by Mr Ramsay, who voices his certainty the weather will not be clear. This opinion forces a ...