The Waves by Virginia Woolf

The Waves, first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolf's most experimental novel. It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis.[1] Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak through his own voice. The soliloquies that span the characters' lives are broken up by nine brief third-person interludes detailing a coastal scene at varying stages in a day from sunrise to sunset.

The 175th greatest fiction book of all time


This book is on the following lists:

  1. - 12th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
  2. - 16th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
  3. - 94th on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
  4. - The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
  5. - Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
  6. - 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)

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The Waves (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback 4123275 $13.13 $10.76
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The Waves Kindle Edition 473011 $4.00 2020
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The Waves (Collector's Library) Hardcover 2924647 $6.31 $6.00 2005
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The Waves (20th Century Fiction) Kindle Edition 62567 $2.99 2012
Waves (Modern Classics) Audio CD 181659 $79.59 $11.90 2003
The Waves Audible Audio Edition 39545 $30.95 2014
The Waves Annotated Kindle Edition 3924050 $2.99 2021
The Waves Annotated Kindle Edition 576221 $3.89 2022
The Waves (Bridge Bilingual Classics) (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition) Kindle Edition 592802 2011
The Waves Audible Audio Edition 45358 $19.95 2013
The Waves (Dramatised) Audible Audio Edition 98684 $9.95 2013
The Waves (Harvest/Hbj Book) Kindle Edition 463570 1950
The Waves Paperback 824346 $8.99 2014
The Waves Audio CD 2282884 $25.02 $36.63 2014
The Waves (Aziloth Books) Paperback 4961976 $5.92 2014
Jacob's Room & The Waves: Two Complete Novels Paperback 664180 $55.20 $0.01 1960
The Waves Hardcover 2673077 $12.71 $4.74 2011
The Waves Hardcover 6743036 $21.00
Las olas / The Waves (Spanish Edition) Hardcover 1072376 $41.75 $15.00 2010
The Waves Audio CD 1195470 $23.30 $24.52 2013
Waves (Penguin Modern Classics) by Woolf, Virginia published by Penguin Books (2000) [Paperback] Paperback 5005217 $19.69 $4.99 1999
The Waves (Annotated) Paperback 551116 $7.96 $6.46 2006
The Waves Hardcover 7738526 $20.00
{ [ THE WAVES ] } Woolf, Virginia ( AUTHOR ) Jul-01-2013 Paperback Paperback 4410438 $24.98 2013
The Waves (Penguin Modern Classics) (French Edition) Paperback 2779431 $6.97 $0.76 2000
The Waves (Chinese Edition) Paperback 677821 $36.33 $62.60 2007
The Waves Paperback 1280563 $7.84 $7.82 2013
The Waves Paperback 350148 $6.99 2016
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Die Wellen: Roman (Virginia Woolf, Gesammelte Werke) (German Edition) Kindle Edition 1141000 $11.99 2016
Las olas [The Waves] Audible Audio Edition 38646 $13.22 2016
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Las olas / The Waves (Spanish Edition) Paperback 6795854 $12.56 $96.75 2011
Las olas (Spanish Edition) Kindle Edition 650414 2010
The Waves Hardcover 9527023 $28.99
Las olas / The Waves (Narrativa) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 14931404 $17.95 $52.48 2004
Waves Paperback 1776982 $26.89 $26.88 2009
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The Waves Paperback 1638637 $6.10 2018
The Waves (SparkNotes Literature Guide) (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) Kindle Edition 615330 2014
The Waves (Annotated) Paperback 469166 $10.98 $5.36 2006
Collected Novels of Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway To the Lighthouse The Waves Paperback 792425 $19.95 $22.94 1992
Virginia Woolf: The Waves (Landmarks of World Literature) Paperback 1572825 $5.80 $0.77 1986
Las Olas/ The Waves (Letras Universales/ Universal Writings) (Spanish Edition) Paperback 6204064 $24.90 $21.00 2007
The Waves by Virginia Woolf (July 12 2008) Paperback 16963492 $65.48 $30.29 2008
The Waves Hardcover 913014 $16.99 $25.49 2010
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The Waves (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback 1277703 $0.97 $0.01 2000
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The Waves Kindle Edition 229213 2017
The Waves: Large Print Paperback 8773036 $14.99 2020
The Waves: Two Holograph Drafts Hardcover 11090480 $276.40 1976
The Waves: by virginia woolf book paperback Paperback 1381289 $29.95 $29.63 1931
The Waves Hardcover 12771673 $210.85
The Waves Paperback 379027 $7.87 $13.38 2019
The Collected Novels of Virginia Woolf - Volume I - The Years, the Waves Paperback 2443367 $49.99 $2.00 2013
The Waves (Hardback) Hardcover 1384583 $23.48 $36.22 2010
The Waves Paperback 2841750 $13.60 $15.62 2011
The Waves (Annotated) Paperback 1643779 $9.12 $8.58 2006
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Virginia Woolf: The Waves (Landmarks of World Literature) Hardcover 9725428 $107.12 1986
The Collected Novels of Virginia Woolf - Volume I - The Years, the Waves Hardcover 777180 $37.22 2022
The Waves (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback 654145 $4.54 $6.90 2014
The Waves (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Virginia Woolf) Hardcover 3666548 $109.48 $104.03 2011