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The Waves (My Penguin)

by Virginia Woolf

'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... (read more)

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Laura M
  • Rated 4 stars

“I hated this book at first, then it grew on me. I forgot how beautifully Woolf writes!”

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Dori E
  • Rated 1 stars

“I couldn't get through the first few pages of The Waves. The way the children spoke to each other and the language -- it was pretty in a distant sort of way, but didn't resonate with me at all. I'm disappointed, because I always thought I'd like Virginia Woolf once I read her. Maybe I need to try another book -- ease into it.”

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  • Rated 4.07619 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

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  • jeremy b

    jeremy b said:

    “The Waves is one of the most sonorous novels I've ever read. It easy to get swept away in the language and rich imagery. It's basically a very long prose poem that metaphorically touches on issues of identity, multiplicity, voice and death. It's awesome. My favorite (and only one I've completely read) Virginia Woolf novel.”

    posted Wednesday, October 31 2007
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