The Waves (Vintage Classics Woolf Series): Virginia Woolf - Softcover

Woolf, Virginia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1784870846 ISBN 13: 9781784870843

Publisher: Vintage Classics, 2016

Synopsis

Virginia Woolf wanted to write about the vast unknown uncertain continent that is the world and us in it' Jeanette Winterson, from her introduction to The Waves

The Waves is an astonishingly beautiful and poetic novel. It begins with six children playing in a garden by the sea and follows their lives as they grow up and experience friendship, love and grief at the death of their beloved friend Percival.

Weaving together soliloquies from the novel's six characters, Woolf delicately and expertly explores universal concepts such as individuality, the self, and community. A novel still as poignant today as it was when written.

Regarded by many as her greatest work, The Waves is also seen as Virginia Woolf's response to the loss of her brother Thoby, who died when he was twenty-six.

About this title

About the Author

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, and The Waves.

From the Back Cover

A poetic novel that begins with six children playing in a garden by the sea and follows their lives as they grow up and experience friendship, love and grief at the death of their beloved friend Percival.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vintage Classics
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784870846
• ISBN 13: 9781784870843
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240