FAQ: To the Lighthouse


Updated June 5, 2002
Created July 31, 1998

What were the circumstances of writing?

What is the publication history?

How did readers respond when it was first published? 

What is the setting?

Does Woolf base any characters on real people?

What is the current critical status? 

What are some key critical issues?

What is the significance of Mr. Carmichael?

What is the significance of Mrs. Ramsay's knitting?

What is the significance of Mrs. Ramsay's shawl?

What is the significance of Lily and her painting/vision?

What is the significance of light and dark in the novel?

Works Cited


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