Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her fathers ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. Rachel's journey from a cloistered life in a London suburb to freedom, challenging intellectual discourse and discovery very likely reflects Woolf's own journey from a repressive household to the intellectual stimulation of the Bloomsbury Group.įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit . The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth and published in the U.S. The Voyage Out by Anthony Domestico Virginia Woolf began her first novel sometime during the summer of 1906 or the fall of 1907, and did not finish it until nearly nine years later in the first year of World War I on March 26, 1915. St John Hirst is a fictional portrayal of Lytton Strachey and Helen Ambrose is to some extent inspired by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell. Two of the other characters were modelled after important figures in Woolf's life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs Dalloway. The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirise Edwardian life. Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a kind of modern mythical voyage. LibriVox recording of The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf.
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