This book is with an introduction and notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading. "To the Lighthouse" is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning
To the Lighthouse. Wordsworth Classics wer. angielska
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| Seria: | Wordsworth Classics |
| Format: | 12.0x19.0cm |
| Wydawnictwo: | Wordsworth |
| Oprawa: | Miękka |
| Ilość stron: | 160 |
- Autor: Virginia Woolf
- Wydawnictwo Wordsworth
- Tytuł: To the Lighthouse
- Seria Wordsworth Classics
- Ilość stron: 160
- Oprawa: Miękka
- Format: 12.0x19.0cm
- Rok wydania: 2020
- Stan: nowy, pełnowartościowy produkt
- Model: 57881502794KS
- ISBN: 9781853260919
- EAN: 9781853260919
- Język: angielski
- Wymiary: 12.5x19.5x1 cm
- Dane producenta: Booksource, ul. Cambuslang Road, 50, G32 8NB, Glasgow, Wielka Brytania
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