The Voyage Out 📖

The Voyage Out

Woolf, Virginia
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literary fiction modernist fiction past tense third limited POV ~605 pp

Vibe

melancholic lyrical observant

A slow-burn literary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding, dense, literary prose. Deeply introspective. Contains notable romance.

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Style Fingerprint

Prose density 85
sparsedense
Pacing 20
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 45
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 15
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 60
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 90
externalintrospective
Ending 30
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 40
intimateepic

Content

Violence 10%
noneextreme
Sexual content 20%
noneexplicit
Humor 30%
seriouscomedic
Romance 90%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count151,312
Page count~605 pp
Prologue
Epilogue
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVthird limited