Title: Voyage Out
Description: “The Voyage Out” by Virginia Woolf.

This is a story about a young English woman, Rachel, on a sea voyage from London, to a South American   coastal city of Santa Marina. As I read the story,  the title of the story became  a metaphor for Rachel's inner journey. 
The inner journey within this story is perhaps best summarized in the author's words:  
“The next few months passed away, as many years can pass away, without definite events, and yet, if suddenly disturbed, it would be seen that such months or years had a character unlike others.”
 Rachel's mother has passed away many years ago. The sea voyage and the subsequent months in Santa Marina show that Rachel is also on an inner journey, to understand herself better.  She seeks advice from Helen, her aunt,  and Helen and Rachel become close friends.
“…................The vision of her own personality, of herself as a real everlasting thing, different from anything else, unmergeable, like the sea or the wind, flashed into Rachel's mind, and she became profoundly excited at the thought of living...................”

Rachel falls in love with a young Englishman, Terence, in Santa Marina.  But tragically, she falls ill and dies.  Yet, in the brief time that Helen and Terence have known her, her journey has also made them reflect about their own lives.
Subjects: Man-woman relationships, fiction, Fiction, general, Young women, fiction, Young women -- Fiction, Love stories, Bildungsromans, Ocean travel -- Fiction, Women travelers -- Fiction, British -- South America -- Fiction, Fiction, Ocean travel, Young women, Man-woman relationships, Women travelers, British, Travel, Social conditions, Women, Classic Literature, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), South america, fiction, Fiction, political, Great britain, fiction, Literature, English literature, Fiction, action & adventure, Young women--travel, Young women--travel--south america--fiction, British--travel--south america--fiction, Man-woman relationships--fiction, Ocean travel--fiction, Young women--fiction, Women travelers--fiction, Pr6045.o72 v68 1992, 823/.912, British--south america--fiction, Jeunes femmes, Romans, nouvelles, Relations entre hommes et femmes, Voyageuses, Long Now Manual for Civilization
Places: South America
Time periods: late 19th or early 20th century