{"product_id":"the-waves-isbn-9798217009299","title":"The Waves:A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Contemporary Classics hardcover edition of the most ambitious novel by the author of \u003ci\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntensely lyrical and stylistically innovative, \u003ci\u003eThe Waves \u003c\/i\u003ehas been hailed as Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece. It interweaves the voices of six characters, three boys and three girls, beginning with their childhood in a garden by the sea and following them throughout their lives. As the six grow up they experience friendships and loves, triumphs and regrets, and they grieve for the death of a seventh character, their beloved friend Percival.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInterspersed throughout their interior monologues, and unifying them, are brief scenes of the seaside that progress from dawn to sunset of a single day. Defying classification, Woolf’s novel boldly breaks down the barriers between poetry and prose, as well as those between the consciousnesses of her individual characters, producing an entrancing and groundbreaking work of literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEveryman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Contemporary Classics include an introduction, a select bibliography, and a chronology of the author's life and times. | VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was born in London. A pioneer in the narrative use of stream of consciousness, she published her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Voyage Out\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1915. This was followed by literary criticism and essays, most notably \u003ci\u003eA Room of One’s Own,\u003c\/i\u003e and other acclaimed novels, including \u003ci\u003eMrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrlando.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANCES SPALDING is a former professor of art history at Newcastle University and the University of Cambridge. An expert on the Bloomsbury Group, she has written books about many of its members, including Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant.","brand":"Everyman's Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48759524098277,"sku":"NP9798217009299","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9798217009299.jpg?v=1775598883","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-waves-isbn-9798217009299","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}