The Waves Resources

The full text of The Waves is available online.

Check out a brief biography of Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain. And hey, notice the birth and death dates? She and contemporary (and fellow Modernist) James Joyce share the same ones.

True facts, Yanks.

Read a contemporary review of the novel (not a very flattering one, in fact).

"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith reads a selection from The Waves (with some of her own improvised thoughts thrown in as well).

This site is a treasure trove for Woolf fans. Click above for details and thoughts on a stage production of The Waves (the mind reels).

Virginia Woolf's nephew talks about her legacy.

A documentary about Virginia Woolf.

There is only one known existing recording of Virginia Woolf's voice, from a 1937 segment she did for the BBC series Words Fail Me. Her thoughts were later edited into the essay "Craftsmanship," which was published after her death in The Death of the Moth and Other Stories (1942).

The National Portrait Gallery in London has oodles of pictures of the fair Virginia.

If you prefer a less high-brow source for your Virginia photos, check out a short video history in photographs about Woolf.