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The Waves
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The Waves

by Virginia Woolf

Recommended by Natalie Portman

Recommended by Natalie Portman

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Recommended by 1 source and appears in Introverts and Fiction.

The Waves is a 1931 novel by Virginia Woolf. It is considered her most experimental work, and consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis. Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak in his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters...

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