The Waves: The Two Holograph Drafts

Virginia Woolf; J. W. Graham

ISBN 10: 0701204060 / ISBN 13: 9780701204068

Published by The Hogarth Press, London, 1976

25cm x 17cm. 769, 72 pages. Illustrated cloth, illustrated jacket. Woolf's original drafts transcribed and edited by J. W. Graham. Very Good Condition in Good Jacket. Minor chipping to spine crown, very minor split at crown of lower hinge, still firm. Clipped jacket with small chips and tears. Shipped Weight: 1.9 kilos. ISBN: 0701204060. ISBN/EAN: 9780701204068. Seller Inventory # 0034838

Synopsis:

One of Woolf’s most experimental novel, consisting of soliloquies spoken by the book’s six Bernard, Susan, Rhoda, Neville, Jinny, and Louis. A seventh character, Percival, also play an important role though the reader never actually hears him speak in his own voice. 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. As the six characters or “voices” speak Woolf explores concepts of individuality, self and community. Each character is distinct, yet together they compose (as Ida Klitgård has put it) a gestalt about a silent central consciousness. ( Wikipedia)

Book Description: This edition will be the most extensive and authoritative, the most fully collated, scrupulously researched and explicated text available to scholars to date, and for considerable time to come. Based on the first edition of Woolf's most challenging novel, this volume is an essential purchase for libraries and scholars.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Waves: The Two Holograph Drafts
Publisher: The Hogarth Press, London
Publication Date: 1976
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition.