The Waves

Author: Virginia Woolf

Introduced by Angelica GarnettRegarded by many as Virginia Woolf’s masterpiece, this novel was written partially to exorcise her private ghosts. It traces the lives of six people who are almost imperceptibly revealed through the kaleidoscopic accumulation of their reflections on themselves and each other…..Read More

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