Following the tradition of modernist novelists, the plot of "To the Lighthouse" (1927) is secondary to its philosophical introspection - the novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. Among the book's many themes are those of loss, subjectivity, the nature of art and the problem of perception.
Following the tradition of modernist novelists, the plot of "To the Lighthouse" (1927) is secondary to its philosophical introspection - the novel includes little dialogue and almost no action; most of it is written as thoughts and observations. Among the book's many themes are those of loss, subjectivity, the nature of art and the problem of perception.
