FROM THE LIGHT HOUSE TO MONK’S HOUSE
A guide to Virginia Woolf’s literary landscapes
By Katherine Hill Miller
Divided into five chapters, in each we are introduced to the book in question and the author’s circumstances while writing it. Then we are taken to the locations and given an interpretive guide, which relates the place to the work. We begin with St. Ives, Cornwall, where Virginia Woolf spent many childhood summers, and whose bay, beach and Victorian interiors provide the backdrop to the lighthouse. Then we visit London, in particular Kensington, where she grew up and which provides the centre stage in Mrs. Dalloway, then we are off to the grand country seat at Knoll in Kent, home of the Villa Sackville West , both her and the house being the chief inspirations of Orlando. It is Cambridge, our next stop, the setting for a room of one’s own and finally Rodmell in East Sussex, the location for Leonard and Virginia’s home Monica’s house and this is the location for ‘Between the acts’. Each chapter includes a traveler’s guide to the places featured in the books. How to hire a boat to get to the light house , tour Cambridge in Woolf’s foot steps etc. with the plenty of notes in it , this book is not only an essential introduction to her books, but also a fascinating tour around both the places and the author’s thinking process.
A guide to Virginia Woolf’s literary landscapes
By Katherine Hill Miller
Divided into five chapters, in each we are introduced to the book in question and the author’s circumstances while writing it. Then we are taken to the locations and given an interpretive guide, which relates the place to the work. We begin with St. Ives, Cornwall, where Virginia Woolf spent many childhood summers, and whose bay, beach and Victorian interiors provide the backdrop to the lighthouse. Then we visit London, in particular Kensington, where she grew up and which provides the centre stage in Mrs. Dalloway, then we are off to the grand country seat at Knoll in Kent, home of the Villa Sackville West , both her and the house being the chief inspirations of Orlando. It is Cambridge, our next stop, the setting for a room of one’s own and finally Rodmell in East Sussex, the location for Leonard and Virginia’s home Monica’s house and this is the location for ‘Between the acts’. Each chapter includes a traveler’s guide to the places featured in the books. How to hire a boat to get to the light house , tour Cambridge in Woolf’s foot steps etc. with the plenty of notes in it , this book is not only an essential introduction to her books, but also a fascinating tour around both the places and the author’s thinking process.
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