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Written by Kienyen Chen. It all starts out in London in the early twentieth century, following the life of Helen Ambrose and her husband Ridley. They are preparing for a long journey ahead, to an unnamed location off the coast of South America. There they are planning to stay for the whole of winter, leaving their two young children behind.
A novel by Virginia Woolf about a voyage to South America and the love, death, and identity of its characters. The summary covers the plot, themes, characters, and analysis of the novel, with a downloadable PDF and discussion questions.
Complete summary of Virginia Woolf's The Voyage Out. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The Voyage Out.
Plot. 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. The mismatched jumble of passengers provides Woolf with an opportunity to satirise Edwardian life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs Dalloway.
- Virginia Woolf
- 1915
first edition 1915. The Voyage Out – critical comment. The principal theme. Virginia Woolf was to devote a great deal of her career as a novelist and essayist to issues of women’s education and their position in society – from her earliest story Phyllis and Rosamond (1906) to her epoch-making attack on patriarchy Three Guineas (1938).
by Virginia Woolf. Summary. Themes. Questions & Answers. Characters. Places Discussed. PDF Cite Share. *London. Great Britain’s capital city serves as a contrast to Santa Marina, which is...
Written by Elizabeth Shaw. The Voyage Out follows the character of Rachel, who undergoes a transformation in the novel. At first, she is depicted as an unintelligent and unthinking young woman, but by the end of the novel, she has become more independent and individualistic.
