The Waves (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- First Published: 1931
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Between World Wars I and II
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Bernard, Neville, Susan, Rhoda, Jinny, Louis, Percival
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Suicide, Poetry or poets, 1920’s, 1930’s, Emotions, England or English people, Identity, Old age or elderly people, Mortality
- Locales: London, England, Midlands, England
The Story:
The waves rolled shoreward, and at daybreak the children awoke. Watching the sunrise, Bernard, maker of phrases and seeker of causes, saw a loop of light—he would always think of it as a ring, the circle of experience giving life pattern and meaning. Shy, passionate Neville imagined a globe dangling against the flank of day. Susan, who loved fields and seasons, saw a slab of yellow, the crusted loaf, the buttered slice, of teatime in the country. Rhoda, awkward and timid, heard wild cries of startled birds. Sensuous, pleasure-loving Jinny saw a tassel of gold and...
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