An edition of The Waves (1931)

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An edition of The Waves (1931)

The waves

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  • ★★★★ 4.38 ·
  • 8 Ratings
  • 170 Want to read
  • 11 Currently reading
  • 16 Have read

Against the background of the sea, the author presents a group of characters from childhood to old age who speak in sililoquy, and we see them as they appear to themselves and to each other. In the end one of the characters sums up the effect of their lives as a whole.

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Read Books Ltd.
Language
English
Pages
277

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Subjects
British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, psychological, Friendship, fiction, Identity (Psychology), Friendship, Fiction, Friendship in fiction, Facsimiles, Manuscripts, Translations, English Manuscripts, Literature, Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature, Human beings in literature, Emotional maturity, Self-actualization (Psychology), English fiction, English literature, Identity (psychology), Identity (psychology)--fiction, Friendship--fiction, Pr6045.o72 w3 2006, 823/.912
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Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

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Cover of: Waves (Vintage Classics Woolf Series)
Waves (Vintage Classics Woolf Series)
2016, Penguin Random House
in English
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The Waves
2014, Oxford University Press
in English
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The waves
2012, Read Books Ltd.
in English
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The waves
2006, Harcourt
in English - Annotated ed., 1st ed.
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The waves
2004, Vintage
in English
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The Waves (Wordsworth Classics) (Wordsworth Classics)
November 5, 2000, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Paperback in English - New Ed edition
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The waves
1992, Vintage
in English
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Hullámok
1978, Európa Könyvkiadó
in Hungarian
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The waves
1978, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
in English - 1st Harvest/HBJ ed.
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Edition Notes

Originally published in 1931.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.912

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Pagination
277 pages
Number of pages
277

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL37812786M
Internet Archive
waves0000wool_o1y2
ISBN 10
1447479130
ISBN 13
9781447479130
OCLC/WorldCat
1078897000

Work Description

Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. Social events, individual achievements and disappointments form the outer structure of the book, but the focus is the inner life of the characters which is conveyed in rich poetic language.

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