Virginia Woolf I

"Turning, she looked across the bay, and there, sure enough, coming regularly
across the waves first two quick strokes and then one long steady stroke, was
the light of the Lighthouse. It had been lit."

(Virginia Woolf, "The Window," To the Lighthouse)

Next year we'll have a new chance to read an learn a bit more about Virginia Woolf. Woolf-- a major British novelist, essayist, and critic-- was one of the leaders in the literary movement of modernism. This elite group also included Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Ezra Pound, and T. S. Eliot.
In her works, she used a technique called "stream of consciousness", revealing the lives of her characters by revealing their thoughts and associations.
Her most famous novel, "To the Lighthouse", which was written in 1927, examines the life of an upper middle class British family. It portrays the fragility of human relationships and the collapse of social values.
She was also a feminist, socialist, and pacifist who expressed her beliefs in essays such as "A Room of One's Own".
On 23rd April 2009 in Neda a new Literary Conference about this novelist will be held. In the meanwhile try to prepare yourself with some material:
Short biography
Virginia quotations
Some of her works: Mrs. Dalloway, Jacob's room,
To the Lighthouse, Collected Short Stories