Voyage Out

A party of English people are aboard the Euphrosyne bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace a young girl innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society books sex love and marriage. She is a free spirit half-caught momentarily and passionately by Terence Hewet an aspiring writer who she meets in Santa Marina. But their engagement is to end abruptly and tragically. Virginia Woolf's first novel published in 1915 is a haunting exploration of a young woman's mind signalling the beginning of her fascination with capturing the mysteries and complexities of the inner life. <p/>For more than seventy years Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1700 titles Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.