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The Waves

Name: The Waves
Author: Virginia Woolf

by Virginia Woolf

1931•Drama•256 pages

Taste attributes: dramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatesurrealglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipcoming of agetroubled leads

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Boxlist takeExpect an original, emotional novel, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: very fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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4.4 / 5

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About This Book

Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age. Social events, individual achievements and disappointments form the outer structure of the book, but the focus is the inner life of the characters which is conveyed in rich poetic language.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaComplex relationshipComing of ageTroubled leads

Subjects

FriendshipFriendship in fictionFacsimilesManuscriptsTranslationsEnglish ManuscriptsHuman beings in literatureEmotional maturity

Details

Author: Virginia Woolf
Published: 1931
Pages: 256
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Source: Open Library

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