The literary style of Virginia Woolf's novel "To the Lighthouse" is best described in which of the following ways ?
Correct answer: C. As a domestic stream of consciousness narrative
- A. As an omniscient narrative of love and loss
- B. As a third-person narrative of the Great Depression
- C. As a domestic stream of consciousness narrative
- D. A and B only
Explanation
To the Lighthouse uses a third-person form shaped by shifting inner perceptions, memories, and impressions, making it a domestic stream-of-consciousness novel. It is not primarily a narrative about the Great Depression.
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