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.
According to DeSalvo, Woolf was warned by peers that publishing such an unflinching critique of Britain could jeopardize her fledgling career. The work underwent considerable changes until it evolved into the novel now known as The Voyage Out, which minimized much of its original political boldness.