The Voyage Out

Virginia Woolf

Oct 2022 · Masterpiece Book 416 · LA CASE Books · AI-narrated by Madelyn (from Google)

About this audiobook

Woolf began work on The Voyage Out by 1910 (perhaps as early as 1907) and had finished an early draft by 1912. The novel had a long and difficult gestation; it was not published until 1915, as it was written during a period in which Woolf was especially psychologically vulnerable.

She suffered from periods of depression and at one point attempted suicide. The resultant work contained the seeds of all that would blossom in her later work: the innovative narrative style, the focus on feminine consciousness, sexuality and death.

About the author

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. Nan McNamara has spent over twenty years performing on stage, film, and television (including Criminal Minds) and working behind the microphone as a voice-over artist for radio/television commercials, audiobooks, and video games (including voicing "Anya" for the Gears of War franchise). Her passion is to tell good stories, regardless of the medium. An L.A. Drama Critics Award Winner and an L.A. Weekly Award Winner, she holds a BA in theatre and is originally from St. Paul, Minnesota.