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The Waves
Literature · 1931
Virginia Woolf
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Literature 1931

The Waves

six-voice consciousnessmodernist tidefriendship as chorus
Author
Virginia Woolf
Year
1931
Region
England
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
Synopsis

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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six-voice consciousness six-voice consciousnessmodernist tide
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Virginia Woolf, 1931 — The Waves

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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Restates memory in a sharper literature register.
This work has been selected for the Aravien index based on editorial review.
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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.
Selected for cultural longevity · regional significance · editorial selection · thematic depth
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