The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf - The Voyage Out is the first novel by Virginia Woolf, published in 1915 by Duckworth; and published in the US in 1920 by Doran.The first novel by Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out tells the story of Rachel Vinrace, who embarks for South America on her father's ship, and is launched on a course of self-discovery in a modern version of the mythic voyage.