Margaret Drabble's "Voyage to Cythera."

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This paper explains that Margaret Drabble's short story "Voyage to Cythera" is about a protagonist, Helen, whose love of travel borders on the obsessive. The author relates the story and points out the messages within the Drabble's work. The paper concludes that Helen comes to realize that she seeks a voyage beyond the commonplace.

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'Margaret Drabble's short story, 'A Voyage to Cythera', was initially published by Mademoiselle magazine in 1967. The title of the story references to Cythera, the Greek Island upon which Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, lived in Greek lore; thus the title indeed relates a trip to the home of love. "A Voyage to Cythera", then, relates the tale of Helen - a seasoned traveler - who seeks in her journeys love or some understanding thereof. As previously referenced, Helen, is the protagonist of the story, and Drabble's tale is related from Helen's viewpoint. Initially, the reader is provided with background regarding Helen's travels and her feelings toward travel."

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