| The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf Contributor(s): Benítez, Paula (Editor), Woolf, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1539544583 ISBN-13: 9781539544586 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $17.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.74" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 provide Woolf with an opportunity to satirize Edwardian life. The novel introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Two of the other characters were modeled after important figures in Woolf's life. St John Hirst is a fictional portrayal of Lytton Strachey and Helen Ambrose is to some extent inspired by Woolf's sister, Vanessa Bell. And 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. |