The Waves by Virginia Woolf

The Waves

Virginia Woolf with Kate Flint (Contributor)

224 pages first pub 1931 (view editions)

fiction classics literary challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
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The Waves is ideal for readers who relish luxuriating in the interior monologues of characters’ innermost thoughts and feelings, finding beauty and depth in language that lingers on the contours of consciousness rather than propelling a brisk plot.

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A formally innovative work of modernist fiction, Virginia Woolf's The Waves is edited with an introduction by Kate Flint in Penguin Modern Classics.More than any of Virginia Woolf's other novels, The Waves conveys the full complexity and richness ...

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Community Reviews

4.12
based on 7,668 reviews

Moods

reflective: 89%

challenging: 65%

emotional: 63%

sad: 27%

inspiring: 18%

dark: 14%

mysterious: 11%

hopeful: 8%

relaxing: 7%

tense: 5%

adventurous: 4%

lighthearted: 2%

funny: 1%


Pace

3% of readers chose fast
20% of readers chose medium
76% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

1% of readers chose Plot
3% of readers chose A mix
92% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
Plot
A mix
Character
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Strong character development?

56% of readers chose Yes
31% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Loveable characters?

49% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
14% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

21% of readers chose Yes
10% of readers chose Complicated
61% of readers chose No
6% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

64% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
9% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
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