Published in 1915, this novel tells the story of a young Englishwoman, Rachel Vinrace, and her long sea voyage to South America, her engagement to Terence Hewet and her sudden illness and death. This is Virginia Woolf's first novel and came out after she had suffered a succession of severe mental cr...

Published in 1915, this novel tells the story of a young Englishwoman, Rachel Vinrace, and her long sea voyage to South America, her engagement to Terence Hewet and her sudden illness and death. This is Virginia Woolf's first novel and came out after she had suffered a succession of severe mental crises.