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Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, part 3: We finally get to the fucking lighthouse

47 min • 22 april 2024

An anticlimactic final discussion to an anticlimactic book. We are confused and afraid. Cam is on the brink of quitting reading altogether.

This discussion covers Parts 2 and 3 of To The Lighthouse. Actual book-related content starts at 11 minutes.

CHAPTERS

  • (00:00:00) Normative ethics and incest cold open
  • (00:11:00) Infectiousness of social energy
  • (00:15:16) The Chad Carmichael vs the Virgin Tansley
  • (00:22:16) Entropy and the passage of time
  • (00:26:21) Lily Briscoe as Virginia Woolf
  • (00:33:00) sidebar on which book to read next
  • (00:34:32) On finally getting to the lighthouse
  • (00:42:22) What's the significance of Lily's painting?
  • (00:43:48) Final thoughts on why this book gave us trouble
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