Get it for less! Order it used
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
The Waves (The Definitive collected edition of the novels of Virginia Woolf)
  
Search inside another edition of this book

The Waves (The Definitive collected edition of the novels of Virginia Woolf) (Hardcover)

by Virginia Woolf (Author) "'I see a ring,' said Bernard, hanging above me ..." (more)
3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)

Currently unavailable.
We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock.


Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover (New edition) £7.99 £5.00 28 used & new from £2.60
Paperback (New Ed) £2.00 £2.00 121 used & new from £0.01
Audio Download (Unabridged) £19.22 £10.10
or £3.99 with new Audible.co.uk membership.
Library Binding Order it used
Audio CD (Abridged,Audiobook,Classical) £16.99 £14.44 20 used & new from £8.99
ExpandShow more editions and formats

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

To the Lighthouse (Wordsworth Classics)

To the Lighthouse (Wordsworth Classics)

by Virginia Woolf
3.8 out of 5 stars (32)  £1.99
Jacob's Room (Oxford World's Classics)

Jacob's Room (Oxford World's Classics)

by Virginia Woolf
4.0 out of 5 stars (1)  £4.22
Between the Acts (Oxford World's Classics)

Between the Acts (Oxford World's Classics)

by Virginia Woolf
4.5 out of 5 stars (4)  £4.21
A Maggot

A Maggot

by John Fowles
3.8 out of 5 stars (4)  £6.99
Orlando (Wordsworth Classics): A Biography

Orlando (Wordsworth Classics): A Biography

by Virginia Woolf
3.2 out of 5 stars (6)  £1.99
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Hardcover: 203 pages
  • Publisher: The Hogarth Press Ltd; Collected ed edition (30 July 1990)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0701208767
  • ISBN-13: 978-0701208769
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,096,479 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Product Description

Written by the author of "To the Lighthouse", "Orlando" and "Mrs Dalloway", this novel traces the lives of a group of friends from childhood to late middle age, evoking their personalities through their reflections on themselves and on one another.

From the Inside Flap

Tracing the lives of a group of six friends, The Waves follows
their development from childhood to youth and middle age. While their
individual achievements and disappointments form its narrative, this novel
is most remarkable for the rich poetic language that conveys the inner
lives of its characters: their aspirations, their triumphs and regrets,
their awareness of unity and isolation. Separately and together, they query
the relationship of past to present and the meaning of life itself, in a
haunting, atmospheric and sensuous exploration of the complexities of human
experience. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
'I see a ring,' said Bernard, hanging above me. Read the first page
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(7)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(4)
(3)
(3)
(3)
(2)
(2)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The Waves (The Definitive collected edition of the novels of Virginia Woolf)
87% buy the item featured on this page:
The Waves (The Definitive collected edition of the novels of Virginia Woolf) 3.9 out of 5 stars (18)
Mrs. Dalloway (Wordsworth Classics)
7% buy
Mrs. Dalloway (Wordsworth Classics) 3.8 out of 5 stars (10)
£1.99
To the Lighthouse (Wordsworth Classics)
2% buy
To the Lighthouse (Wordsworth Classics) 3.8 out of 5 stars (32)
£1.99
Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Modern Classics)
2% buy
Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Modern Classics) 3.4 out of 5 stars (7)
£4.93
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

18 Reviews
5 star:
 (9)
4 star:
 (3)
3 star:
 (3)
2 star:
 (1)
1 star:
 (2)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
3.9 out of 5 stars (18 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, difficult, Woolf's masterpiece, 22 May 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: The Waves (Vintage classics) (Paperback)
This novel must invent its own narrative form to speak, and does; Woolf perfects her own poetics through the voices of six characters as we follow them from infancy to death, all in the course of a day. But the novel is not merely a formal or stylistic exercise in describing the world: it is one of the twentieth century's most moving accounts of the mostly unspoken, largely unspeakable shock at there being a world at all.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
54 of 58 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A touching, haunting example of literary genius., 16 Dec 2002
This review is from: Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
My favourite of Woolfs novels and also, I think, the most acessable to readers new to her work. It is the least complicated example of her style and the one where her stream of conciousness achieves its best synergy with characters and plot. Two central plotlines interweave, Mrs. Dalloway fighting submerged demons below a perfect veneer, while elsewhere in London Septimus Smith is overwhelmed by his. His character as a metaphor for the struggles in her mind works very well. Woolfs prose is on wonderful form here; with a clarity and beauty rarely matched it touches the heart, while opening a Bloomsbury cavern filled with class divide and false appearance. It is a very human, humane novel with a private, fragile quality that echoes it's themes - the mind, the life and marrying the two without harm.
Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No


 
34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Intense, addictive and very perceptive, 3 Sep 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Popular Classics) (Paperback)
A book totally without airs and graces; unusual for literature stemming from early last century. Presumptions that the book is ragingly feminist are thrown out the window as soon as you begin to read. It is, however, very much a woman's world, and the psyche of many a female charcter is delved into - though the thoughts and emotions of males are also successfully explored and expressed.

A thoroughly modernist book, superbly written. Woolf engages the reader by investigating the power of an integral modernist device: the inner voice. Also, by dint of following a day in the life of various people who are simply trying to survive in the throbbing heart of the capital, the book is fast-paced and leaves the reader with the sensation that he/she is in London too. The characters are subtly and cleverly linked to one another, and the chief protagonist is intensely likeable - despite AND because of her flaws.

This book is brief, exciting, exhilirating and leaves one's head in the clouds for days afterwards. It is excellently structured and uses modernist literary methods cleverly and quietly. Very refreshing.

Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  
Was this review helpful to you? Yes No

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars AWFUL EXPERIENCE - BOOK NEVER SENT!
I bought a book here and it has never been delivered. The seller only replied one of my e-mails, but NEVER sent a replacement or offered a refund. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Adrian Sack

2.0 out of 5 stars Mrs. Dalloway
This book was chosen by my bookclub, so I had to read it! Knowing Virginia Woolf's style of 'stream of consciousness' from an A-level book I had to study(To the Lighthouse), I... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. Keith Whittington

5.0 out of 5 stars A book to be read out loud
The Waves follows the lives of six friends from childhood to adulthood. There is no dialogue, but we follow the innermost thought of each of the characters. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Marco Colombo

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Books I've Ever Read
Possibly one of the best books I've ever read. This is writing at its most skilled, incorporating excellent ideas about life, death and being. Read more
Published 10 months ago by I. M. Knight

5.0 out of 5 stars Stream of consciousness
The Waves is a stream of consciousness describing thoughts of a group of schoolmates throughout their lives. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Jitkat

3.0 out of 5 stars Unsure...
Having finished `Mrs Dalloway', I was left unsure whether I actually enjoyed the book. I can clearly see why it has received so much praise as Woolf's excellent use of language... Read more
Published 19 months ago by H. Pope

3.0 out of 5 stars minor genius
I used to love the work of woolf but sadly recently i have begun to find her quite irritating. This is without doubt her best book, it is a perfect little prism-a delicacy. Read more
Published on 6 Jan 2005 by Mr. R. A. Allwright

5.0 out of 5 stars I was, but not now.
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
She was an author I had put off reading for some time now, for reasons I'm not sure I fully understand, but having finally got around to... Read more
Published on 2 Aug 2004 by Dr. D. Tracy

3.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great
Described as Woolf's first 'great' novel 'Mrs. Dalloway' tells the story of a woman who becomes immersed in artificial, material things in order to avoid facing the real and... Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Mrs Dalloway
I decided to read this after seeing "The Hours". The way it's written seems to exude the distress Virginia Wolfe must have felt throughout her life, and the detail of the... Read more
Published on 25 July 2003 by smn007

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject








i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.