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    A Room of One's Own

    Written by Virginia Woolf

    Narrated by Sinead Dixon

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    A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the manuscript for the delivery of the series of lectures, titled "Women and Fiction", and hence the essay, are considered non-fiction. The essay is generally seen as a feminist text, and is noted in its argument for both a literal and figural space for women writers within a literary tradition dominated by patriarchy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOregan Publishing Audio
    Release dateAug 5, 2018
    ISBN9782291041009
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    Virginia Woolf

    VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels, including Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, and Orlando.

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    • 5/5
      Amazingly relevant to the modern world. I can't believe I've only just read this!
    • 5/5
      This short book should be required reading in every high school curriculum. There is simply no excuse, this book having been written, that misogyny should continue. The reason that it does is that our culture refuses the education this text provides. Not misses, not mistakenly overlooks, refuses.
    • 4/5
      Intricate, immaculate, articulate.
      If anyone ever makes a snarky comment about women's contribution to literature and invention, just send this their way
    • 4/5
      I always send half of this essay thinking "Just great to the point already" and the other half thinking "Excellent observation!" It's a classic with the read but it's a casual meandering to get to the point.
    • 5/5
      I cannot believe I've never read this book! It made my heart and mind burst into moments of happiness and realization. My mind has not stopped.

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