A party of English people are aboard the Euphrosyne, bound for South
America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, a young girl, innocent and wholly
ignorant of the world of politics and society, books, sex, love and
marriage. She is a free spirit half-caught, momentarily and
passionately, by Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer who she meets in
Santa Marina. But their engagement is to end abruptly, and tragically.
Virginia Woolf's first novel, published in 1915, is a haunting
exploration of a young woman's mind, signalling the beginning of her
fascination with capturing the mysteries and complexities of the inner
life.
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