To the Lighthouse
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The view from the Grade-II listed house across St Ives Bay to Godrevy lighthouse inspired Woolf to write To the Lighthouse, among other works.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
To the Lighthouse is Woolf’s finest tribute to both her parents as well as to the landscape itself.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2018
To the Lighthouse depicts the Ramsay family’s visits to the Isle of Skye, shifting perspective between the streams of their very different consciousnesses.
From Slate • Mar. 4, 2016
Woolf, To the Lighthouse I want to know what we talk about when we talk about experiences for which we have little common language.
From Scientific American • Nov. 26, 2012
To the Lighthouse at Cape Ferret, across the basin, whence the Biscay can be seen.
From Twixt France and Spain by Bilbrough, E. Ernest
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