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The Waves

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Expected release date is Dec 15th 2026
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  • Product Details

    Author:
    Virginia Woolf
    Format:
    Paperback
    Pages:
    176
    Publisher:
    Dover Publications (December 15, 2026)
    Imprint:
    Dover Publications
    Release Date:
    December 15, 2026
    Language:
    English
    Audience:
    General/trade
    ISBN-13:
    9780486857718
    ISBN-10:
    0486857719
    Weight:
    12oz
    Dimensions:
    5" x 8"
    File:
    Dover-Dover_11012026_P10825292_onix30_Complete-20261101.xml
    Folder:
    Dover
    List Price:
    $9.00
    Pub Discount:
    65
    Series:
    Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
    Case Pack:
    100
    As low as:
    $7.74
    Publisher Identifier:
    P-DOVER
    Discount Code:
    C
  • Overview

    Virginia Woolf’s groundbreaking novel immerses readers in the tides of memory, emotion, and time through the lives of six characters: Bernard, Jinny, Louis, Neville, Rhoda, and Susan. Set against a coastal landscape, their voices rise and fall like ocean waves. Published in 1931, The Waves explores themes of love, ambition, grief, and desire, particularly following the death of their friend Percival.

    “My difficulty is that I am writing to a rhythm and not a plot,” Woolf declared. The narrative is structured like a musical composition, with recurring rhythms creating continuity beneath the ebb and flow of the characters’ voices. Meaning emerges from their overlapping experiences, reinforcing Woolf’s central metaphor of life as rhythmic, cyclical, and communal.