To The Lighthouse Virginia Woolf - 'To the Lighthouse' is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf and it is considered one of her best. In 1998, the Modern Library named 'To the Lighthouse' No. 15 on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century.The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assorted guests are on holiday on the Isle of Skye. From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf construct ...