I feel so intensely the delights of shutting oneself up in a little world of ones own with pictures and music and everything beautiful.-Virginia Woolf The Voyage Out (1915)The Voyage Out (1915) Virginia Woolfs first novel is about Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and their niece Rachel who travel by sea from London to a South American resort. It describes Rachels journey of self-discovery from her sheltered life in London to freedom and discovery which reflects Woolfs own journey from a repressed childhood to intellectual inspiration.