The Voyage Out (e-könyv)

Rachel Vinrace embarks for South America on her fathers 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 Woolfs later novel, Mrs. Dalloway. Two of the other characters were modeled after important figures in Woolfs life. St John Hirst is a fictional portrayal of Lytton Strachey and Helen Ambrose is to some extent inspired by Woolfs sister, Vanessa Bell. And Rachels journey from a cloistered life in a London suburb to freedom, challenging intellectual discourse and discovery very likely reflects Woolfs own journey from a repressive household to the intellectual stimulation of the Bloomsbury Group.