| The Voyage Out | |
 Cover of the first edition of 1915. |
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| Author | Virginia Woolf |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Duckworth |
| Publication date | March 26, 1915 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| ISBN | N/A |
The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf published in 1915 by Duckworth; published in the U. (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Founded in 1898 by Gerald Duckworth, Duckworth is an independent British publisher Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. (Adeline Virginia Woolf (née Stephen; 25 January 1882 – 28 March 1941 was an English Novelist and Essayist, regarded as one of the foremost S. in 1920 by Doran.
In The Voyage Out, one of Woolf's wittiest, socially satirical novels, Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her father's ship, and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a modern version of the mythic voyage. It introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Mrs Dalloway (published on 14 May, 1925) is a Novel by Virginia Woolf that details a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway in The mismatched jumble of passengers provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize contemporary Edwardian life. Class and society Socially the Edwardian era was a period during which the British Class system was very rigid
E. M. Forster described it as ". Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH (1 January 1879–7 June 1970 was an English novelist Short story writer Essayist, and Librettist . . a strange, tragic, inspired book whose scene is a South americanca not found on any map and reached by a boat which would not float on any sea, an americanca whose spiritual boundaries touch Xanadu and Atlantis. . . It is absolutely unafraid. . . Here at last is a book which attains unity as surely as Wuthering Heights, though by a different path. Wuthering Heights is Emily Brontë 's only Novel. It was first published in 1847 under the Pseudonym Ellis Bell and a posthumous second "
External links
- The Voyage Out, available at Project Gutenberg. Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
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