Two brief episodes, separated by a decade and the First World War, provide a glimpse into the personalities and relationships that make up the Ramsay family. In both instances, as the family visits their summer home in the Isle of Skye, Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay in turn contemplate their life choices and their marriage.Thoughtful and introspective, To the Lighthouse is an impressive example of both stream of consciousness narrative and early modernist literature, which favours philosophical contempla ...