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A Room of One’s Own and The Voyage Out is a collection of writings by Virginia Woolf. Summary of the Book A Room of One’s Own This essay is based on a series of lectures Woolf delivered at Newnham College and Girton College. She discusses women as writers and fictional characters, examining their portrayal in fiction during her age. Noted for being a feminist text, this essay argues a literal and figural space for female writers in a field predominantly ruled by patriarchy. The Voyage Out Woolf’s first novel, this book tells the story of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose and their niece, Rachel, as they go on a sea voyage from London to a resort on the South American coast. The novel is a satire of Edwardian life, and reflects Woolf’s personal journey as she rose from a repressive household to the intellectual stimulation of the Bloomsbury Group. About Virginia Woolf One of the first modernists of the twentieth century, Adeline Virginia Woolf was an English writer. She is known for Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Between the Acts.