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<p>So Percival is not in search of a hero. Or is it that he <i>is</i>
the hero (he surely is for Neville)? It's interesting, flicking
through critics and commentaries, to note the alternation between
"six friends" and "seven friends." Thus my World's Classics
edition edited by Gillian Beer (1992) has on the back cover "<i>The
Waves</i> (1931) traces the lives and interactions of seven
friends . . .", while on the second page of her Introduction Beer
writes that "<i>The Waves</i> . . . has to do with the sexual
life, with the six persons of one woman."<br>
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<p>Jeremy H<br>
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<p>On 04.10.2020 09:52, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf wrote:<br>
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> "Six personnages en quête d'un hero"<br>
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> (Pingaud, B., "L'Express", 23 Jan 1958)<br>
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> Stuart<br>
> (Day 201) <br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Jeremy Hawthorn
Emeritus Professor
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
7491 Trondheim
Norway</pre>
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