The complexities of marriage and familial relationships are explored in Virginia Woolfs brilliant stream of consciousness novel.While vacationing on the Isle of Skye, the youngest of the Ramsay children, James, eagerly anticipates a visit to a lighthouse, however, Mr. Ramsay believes the weather will not be fair enough to allow for the excursion, and his dismissal of Jamess excitement creates tension with Mrs. Ramsay. Ten years later, and after the end of the First World War, when the Ramsays r ...