| The Voyage Out Contributor(s): Woolf, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0156028050 ISBN-13: 9780156028059 Publisher: Mariner Books Classics OUR PRICE: $19.94 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: 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 discover Woolf as an emerging and original artist: not identified with the heroine, but present everywhere in the social satire, the lyricism, and the patterning of consciousness. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Sea Stories |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.01" H x 5.3" W x 7.99" (0.77 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 50686 Reading Level: 8.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Woolf's first novel is a haunting book, full of light and shadow. It takes Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and their niece, Rachel, on a sea voyage from London to a resort on the South american coast. "It is 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" (E. M. Forster). |
Contributor Bio(s): Woolf, Virginia: - VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels. |