[Complete] The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf - lt

smike · Post by **smike** » September 19th, 2019, 11:22 am

So far, it hasn't been a feel good story anyway.

Will take me a bit to listen to all of it, am currently listening to 'The Testaments' (sequel to 'The Handmaid's Tale'). I just can't put it down.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 13th, 2019, 9:18 am

Ch 19: there's a repeat a
8:02 -- (she went on, lying...)

ch 20:PL OK.

Rest to follow.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 13th, 2019, 9:54 am

CH. 21: 30:40 -- wrong chapter number, otherwise fine.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 13th, 2019, 11:43 am

Ch 22 - 24 are PL OK.

Only two more hours to go. Kudos for your stamina at narrating the book. I don't remember another book that is so dull. Flat, interchangeable characters, and what with the constant switching between Christian names and surnames, I'm still having trouble to know who is who -- no character stands out, and I don't care about a single one of them! If I look at all the four and five star reviews, I guess I completely miss the point of this book.

Post by **Lynnet** » October 13th, 2019, 12:36 pm

smike wrote: ↑
October 13th, 2019, 11:43 am
Ch 22 - 24 are PL OK.

Only two more hours to go. Kudos for your stamina at narrating the book. I don't remember another book that is so dull. Flat, interchangeable characters, and what with the constant switching between Christian names and surnames, I'm still having trouble to know who is who -- no character stands out, and I don't care about a single one of them! If I look at all the four and five star reviews, I guess I completely miss the point of this book.

So you don’t care if someone dies?

smike · Post by **smike** » October 13th, 2019, 12:58 pm

Is Rachel going to die then? I've only just started ch 25. And, to be honest, no, I don't care. Although it would have been nice for her had she lived a little before dying.

Post by **Lynnet** » October 13th, 2019, 1:04 pm

smike wrote: ↑
October 13th, 2019, 12:58 pm
Is Rachel going to die then? I've only just started ch 25. And, to be honest, no, I don't care. Although it would have been nice for her had she lived a little before dying.

She does... but I think she was saved from a very dull (at best) life with Terence. The only character I cared for was Helen.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 13th, 2019, 1:18 pm

Well, there hasn't been much talk of Helen, so, to me,she remains pale and vague. Is she the one who left her children in London?

Post by **Lynnet** » October 13th, 2019, 2:06 pm

smike wrote: ↑
October 13th, 2019, 1:18 pm
Well, there hasn't been much talk of Helen, so, to me,she remains pale and vague. Is she the one who left her children in London?

Yes, the aunt. I kind of liked her, even if she did leave the kids with the nanny.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 13th, 2019, 11:09 pm

Ch. 24 is PL OK.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 14th, 2019, 5:06 am

Ch 25 is PL OK.

Ch 26: there's a repeat (was) at 7:57

ch 27:PL OK.

Post by **Lynnet** » October 14th, 2019, 9:00 am

Corrections completed.

It will be good to put this behind us

Strange, as I picked this book after reading Mrs. Dalloway by Woolf (it's not PD, written in, I believe, 1925). She's the same Mrs. Dalloway who was on the boat for a while, if you can recall that far back. I really enjoyed that book. But I think this one was written in one of Woolf's periods of depression, shortly after her sister's death.

smike · Post by **smike** » October 14th, 2019, 11:55 am

Ch 19 and 21 are PL OK. I messed up ch 26.

The repeat is 'with', not was, and it's still there, sorry.

I read that this was Virginia's first novel, and that she learnt from her mistakes in her later novels. Still, I don't think I'll try another book by her.

Post by **Lynnet** » October 15th, 2019, 4:12 am

smike wrote: ↑
October 14th, 2019, 11:55 am
Ch 19 and 21 are PL OK. I messed up ch 26. The repeat is 'with', not was, and it's still there, sorry.

I read that this was Virginia's first novel, and that she learnt from her mistakes in her later novels. Still, I don't think I'll try another book by her.

I am not hearing a repeat. I am going to mark it PL OK and head to the catalog.

Post by **Lynnet** » October 15th, 2019, 6:07 am

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-voyage-out-by-virginia-woolf-2/

Thank you, Claudia. This was quite a slog. I'll try and pick something more lively next time!