With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Nicola Bradbury, University of Reading. This simple and haunting story captures the transcience of life and its surrounding emotions. To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning the Great War.
Sam Gilpin Book order (chronological)




The author's famous work on his time living on the shores of Walden Pond and ruminating on nature, life, and human existence.
Jane Eyre
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most perennially popular works of English fiction. Although the poor but plucky heroine is outwardly of plain appearance, she possesses an indomitable spirit, a sharp wit and great courage. She is forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order.
A Tale of Two Cities
- 136 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Relates the adventures of a young Englishman who gives his life during the French Revolution to save the husband of the woman he loves.