![]() ![]() The novel follows its six narrators from childhood through adulthood. Each character is distinct, yet together they compose a gestalt about a silent central consciousness. As the six characters or "voices" alternately speak, Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self, and community. ![]() 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. Also important is Percival, the seventh character, though readers never hear him speak through his own voice. It consists of soliloquies spoken by the book's six characters: Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis. ![]() "The Waves," first published in 1931, is Virginia Woolf's most experimental novel. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. ![]()
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