Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
The Waves / Virginia Woolf ; introduction and notes Deborah Parsons - First edition. - 171 pages ; 20 cm. - Wordsworth Classics . - Wordsworth Classics .
"I´am writting to a rhythm and not to a plot". Virginia Woolf stated of her eight novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original woorks, 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 echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The subsequent continuity of these six main characteres, as they develop from chilhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions, is interpersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature.
9781840224108
Novela inglesa--Siglo XX
English novel--Twentieth century
Literatura inglesa--Siglo XX
English literature--Twentieth century
823.91 / / W913w
The Waves / Virginia Woolf ; introduction and notes Deborah Parsons - First edition. - 171 pages ; 20 cm. - Wordsworth Classics . - Wordsworth Classics .
"I´am writting to a rhythm and not to a plot". Virginia Woolf stated of her eight novel, The Waves. Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original woorks, 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 echo of the waves that roll back and forth from the shore. The subsequent continuity of these six main characteres, as they develop from chilhood to maturity and follow different passions and ambitions, is interpersed with interludes from the timeless and unifying chorus of nature.
9781840224108
Novela inglesa--Siglo XX
English novel--Twentieth century
Literatura inglesa--Siglo XX
English literature--Twentieth century
823.91 / / W913w