The WavesSet on the English coast against the vivid backdrop of the sea, The waves introduces six characters who are grappling with the death of a beloved friend, Percival. The characters are almost imperceptibly revealed through the kaleidoscopic accumulation of their reflections on themselves and each other. Regarded by many as Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, The waves was partially written in order to exorcise her private ghosts as the central, yet absent, character of Percival represents her brother Thoby, who died in 1906. It is a poetic dreamscape, visual, experimental and thrilling. |
Contents
Section 1 | 7 |
Section 2 | 24 |
Section 3 | 25 |
Section 4 | 61 |
Section 5 | 64 |
Section 6 | 91 |
Section 7 | 94 |
Section 8 | 125 |
Section 11 | 142 |
Section 12 | 155 |
Section 13 | 157 |
Section 14 | 177 |
Section 15 | 179 |
Section 16 | 202 |
Section 17 | 204 |
Section 18 | 255 |
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