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The Waves by Virginia Woolf; David Bradshaw is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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{ Oct 2020 - Verified ebook } ebook, 256 pages Published 1931 Oxford World's Classics (2015) TheGreatestBooks.org Top 500 Ever | Preface by: Frank Kermode (1992) Introduction and Notes by: David Bradshaw 'I, who would wish to feel close over me the protective waves of the ordinary, catch with the tail of my eye some far horizon.' 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 from childhood to middle age as they experience the world around them and explore who they are and what it means to be alive. As the contours of their lives are revealed, a unique novel is slowly unveiled. Enfolded within Woolf's lyrical and mysterious language, the mundane takes on a startling new significance while distant pasts are no less in play than the clamorous sounds and kaleidoscopic sights of the modern city. Yet precisely where the alluringly enigmatic pages of The Waves are leading, and what deeper meanings are held within its undulant chapters and shimmering interludes, are questions that have never ceased to enthral readers and critics alike. In this
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It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Virginia Woolf; David Bradshaw
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA - OSO
- Published
- 1931
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9784041814864
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (113 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Les Vagues (Ldp Litterature) (1925)
- The Waves (2012)
- The waves (2015)
- Las olas (Letras Universales/ Universal Writings) (2003)
- The Waves (collector's Library) (2005)
- Las olas (Letras Universales/ Universal Writings) (1994)
- The Waves (2002)
- Les Vagues (Ldp Litterature) (2013)
- The Waves (2014)
- Les Vagues (Ldp Litterature) (2014)
- The waves (1992)
- The waves (2016)
- The Waves (Vintage Classics) (2004)
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