| The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf, Fiction, Classics, Literary Contributor(s): Woolf, Virginia (Author) |
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ISBN: 1592246656 ISBN-13: 9781592246656 Publisher: Wildside Press OUR PRICE: $34.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2003 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Woolf's provocative first novel brought her acclaim. It is a tale of doomed loved and self-discovery, a modern mythic voyage, and a lyrical social satire that describes a woman's rite of passage. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.62 lbs) 396 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 50686 Reading Level: 8.6 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 25.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: THE VOYAGE OUT -- Virginia Woolf's provocative first novel -- brought her acclaim. It is a tale of doomed loved and self-discovery, a modern mythic voyage; a lyrical social satire that describes a woman's rite of passage. |
Contributor Bio(s): Woolf, Virginia: - "Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941) was an English writer who is considered one of the most important modernist twentieth century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device. She was born in an affluent household in South Kensington, London, attended the Ladies' Department of King's College and was acquainted with the early reformers of women's higher education. Having been home-schooled for the most part of her childhood, mostly in English classics and Victorian literature, Woolf began writing professionally in 1900. During the interwar period, Woolf was an important part of London's literary society as well as a central figure in the group of intellectuals known as the Bloomsbury Group. She published her first novel titled The Voyage Out in 1915, through her half-brother's publishing house, Gerald Duckworth and Company. Her best-known works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927) and Orlando (1928). She is also known for her essay A Room of One's Own (1929), where she wrote the much-quoted dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction." Woolf became one of the central subjects of the 1970s movement of feminist criticism and her works have since garnered much attention and widespread commentary for "inspiring feminism," an aspect of her writing that was unheralded earlier. Her works are widely read all over the world and have been translated into more than fifty languages. She suffered from severe bouts of mental illness throughout her life and took her own life by drowning in 1941 at the age of 59." |