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The Waves

By Virginia Woolf

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| Paperback | 9780141182711

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Introduction and Notes by Deborah Parsons, University of Birmingham'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of natuContinue

Introduction and Notes by Deborah Parsons, University of Birmingham'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life in synchrony with the cycle of nature and the passage of time. Six children - Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny and Louis - meet in a garden close to the sea, their voices sounding over the constant echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The subsequent continuity of these six main characters, as they develop from childhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions, is interspersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature. In pure stream-of-consciousness style, Woolf presents a cross-section of multiple yet parallel lives, each marked by the disintegrating force of a mutual tragedy. The Waves is her searching exploration of individual and collective identity, and the observations and emotions of life, from the simplicity and surging optimism of youth to the vacancy and despair of middle-age.

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  • The single most extraordinary book ever written by the author. Its form is absolutely perfect, it sounds like pure music. The content is life itself, seen from all its possible angles.

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    Black Mamba87 said on Feb 15, 2012 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • I never managed to get "into" it, I found it dull, repetitive and boring. Well written, of course, but I definitely will not be re-reading it any time soon.

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