The Voyage Out (1915) is the story of a rite of passage. When Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship she is launched on a course of self-discovery in a modern version of the mythic voyage. Virginia Woolf knew all too well the forms that she was supposed to follow when writing of a young lady's entrance into the world, and she struggled to subvert the conventions, wittily and assiduously, rewriting and revising the novel many times. The finished work is not, on the face of it, a `portrait of the artist'. However, through The Voyage Out readers will discover Woolf as an emerging and original artist: not identified with the heroine, but present everywhere in the social satire and the lyricism and patterning of consciousness.
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"Done with something startling like genius - in its humour and its sense of irony, the occasional poignancy of its emotions, its profound originality" (Observer)
"It is absolutely unafraid... Here at last is a book which attains unity as surely as Wuthering Heights, though by a different path" (E. M. Forster) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"It is absolutely unafraid... Here at last is a book which attains unity as surely as Wuthering Heights, though by a different path" (E. M. Forster) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Virginia Woolf's first novel about a young woman's search for life, love and the world (2004-09-23)
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Woolf's first novel, "The Voyage Out", can get overlooked because many readers and critics focus on her more experimental and more widely-read works (such as "To The Lighthouse" and "The Waves"). Although this work is not as revolutionary in its style it is still an excellent piece of literature and the traditional narrative style means that there is more direct exploration of specific themes (such as the value of the arts in society).
Most importantly Rachel Vinrace seems to me to be one of Woolf's best and most endearing characters. The reader first meets her as a young and naive girl and watches as a series of events in the book transforms her into a more mature young woman. This makes the book a fulfilling read in itself because Rachel's character progresses and develops (some would argue that progression of character is detrementally absent in, for example, "The Waves"). However I think "The Voyage Out" is not only a good book in its own right, but also a very interesting piece when read in relation to Woolf's other novels. "Mrs. Dalloway", "To the Lighthouse" and "The Years" all contain female heroines, who, despite being complex and well developed characters, could be argued to show little progression. Rachel Vinrace can be seen as a younger but similar character whose progression may thus be a reflection of these other characters' progressions to their mature and stable opinions and personalities. Even if you haven't read any other novels by Woolf, "The Voyage Out" with its engaging characters and interesting themes is well worth reading.
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