The Waves
by Woolf, Virginia
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-369: Harcourt, Brace and Company. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1931. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. 1931. 297 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Vanessa Bell DJ is stained and worn . Bound in blue cloth boards with yellow titles. Boards are lightly rubbed and worn with some sunning present to the spine nick present to the front board. Bookstore label present to the rear board. Text is free of marks, binding tight and solid. One of Woolfs most experimental novels, The Waves presents six characters in monologue - from morning until night, from childhood into old age - against a background of the sea. The result is a glorious chorus of voices that exists not to remark on the passing of events but to celebrate the connection between its various individual parts. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 297 pages .
Synopsis
"The Waves" is one of Virginia Woolf's most experimental novels, which is composed of only the soliloquies of the six main characters. This story follows each of their lives from childhood to adulthood against the background of an ocean.
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 68902
- Title
- The Waves
- Author
- Woolf, Virginia
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- Publisher
- Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Place of Publication
- E-369
- Date Published
- 1931
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