The Voyage Out.

Woolf, Virginia

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London: Duckworth, 1915. First edition. Virginia Woolf's first book, a novel about a young woman's journey of self-discovery set against the backdrop of a South American ocean voyage. This novel, which E. M. Forster praised as "absolutely unafraid," also introduces readers to Clarissa Dalloway, who would serve as the protagonist of her own eponymous novel in 1925. Light rubbing to extremities and front panel, else a near fine copy in pale green cloth. Bold ink owner's inscription on front endpaper. (Item ID: 17941)

(Kirkpatrick A1a).