A Room of One's Own
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (763 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1509843183 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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Shirley Musich said I always forget how great Virginia Woolf's writing is. I always forget how great Virginia Woolf's writing is. This is an essay noting the absence of women's writing voices throughout history and she makes note that women need a room of their own (which throughout history they have not had being forced to write in common rooms when they wrote) and independent means (which until very recent history women's income was claimed by their husband). Her point being that women need independence if they are to have an independent writing voice.. "I should have liked it more than I did" according to Gretchen Tremoulet. This is a book of 6 essays by Virginia Woolf, published in 1928. Their central theme is women's rights, particularly those of women writers. A woman to write must have financial wherewithal and a room of one's own. The essays are more accessible than I normally think of Virginia Woolf's writing as being. Reading them 7I should have liked it more than I did This is a book of 6 essays by Virginia Woolf, published in 1928. Their central theme is women's rights, particularly those of women writers. A woman to write must have financial wherewithal and a room of one's own. The essays are more accessible than I normally think of Virginia Woolf's writing as being. Reading them 73 years after they were published is a different experience, I think, than reading them in the time in which they were written. They are, of course, deep, and still appl. years after they were published is a different experience, I think, than reading them in the time in which they were written. They are, of course, deep, and still appl. Paula said A must for every home library. This book is not only an enjoyable and fairly quick read, but it is also an important milestone in not only feminist literature, but literature as a whole. Woolf's amusing and sharp assessments of the way men view women to be inferior, particularly in skill and intellegence, is (at least somewhat) relevent even today. She rightfully stresses the importance of every woman having both a room and money of her own. Without those two things, she can not be truely independant. A must for an
Published by Classic House Books and beautifully produced, A Room of One's Own would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.. For many, A Room of One's Own is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this gem by Virginia Woolf is highly recommended. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. A Room of One's Own written by legendary author Virginia Woolf is widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time
Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882, the daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen, first editor of The Dictionary of National Biography. . These first novels show the development of Virginia Woolf's distinctive and innovative narrative style. This intense creative productivity was often matched by periods of mental illness, from which she had suffered since her mother's death in 1895. After his death in 1904 Virginia and her sister, the painter Vanessa Bel
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