According to DeSalvo, Woolf was "warned by colleagues that publishing such an outspoken indictment of Britain could prove disastrous to her fledgling career". The work was heavily revised until it became the novel now known as The Voyage Out, which omits much of the political candour of the original.
It is stated by DeSalvo that Woolf was cautioned by colleagues that releasing such a forthright condemnation of Britain might jeopardize her burgeoning career. As a result, the work underwent substantial revisions and eventually became the novel now referred to as The Voyage Out, which significantly reduced its political candor.