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  1. September 5, 2021. (Book 654 From 1001 Books) - The Waves, Virginia Woolf. The Waves is a 1931 novel by Virginia Woolf. It is considered her most experimental work, and consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis.

  2. Jan 1, 1978 · Innovative and deeply poetic, The Waves is often regarded as Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece. It begins with six children—three boys and three girls—playing in a garden by the sea, and follows their lives as they grow up, experience friendship and love, and grapple with the death of their beloved friend Percival.

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  3. Summary. The Waves, published in 1931, is a novel by Virginia Woolf that follows the lives of six friends from childhood to old age. The novel is divided into nine sections, each of which represents a different time of day and a different stage of life.

  4. Overview. The Waves by Virginia Woolf was published in 1931. Widely considered to be Woolf’s most experimental work, The Waves is a proponent of themes and techniques of modernism, including stream-of-consciousness narration and the use of leitmotifs.

  5. The Waves: Themes | SparkNotes. Themes. Motifs. Symbols. Other Literary Devices. Important Quotes Explained. Virginia Woolf and The Waves Background. Themes. Next. Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Influence of the Other On the Self.

  6. Intensely visionary yet absorbed with the everyday; experimental, daring and challenging, The Waves is regarded by many as Virginia Woolf's greatest achievement. It follows a set of six friends...

  7. The Waves. Virginia Woolf. Oxford University Press, 1998 - Fiction - 260 pages. Woolf described this work on the title-page of the first draft as the life of anybody. The novel (1931) traces...

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