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A Room of One’s Own (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)

By Virginia Woolf
Series: Vintage Feminism Short Editions
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A Room of One’s Own (Vintage Feminism Short Edition) by Virginia Woolf explores the relationship between women and fiction. It presents an extended essay based on two lectures that Woolf delivered, advocating for both literal and figurative space for women in literature. Woolf examines the social and economic barriers that women face in a male-dominated society, arguing for financial independence and intellectual freedom as crucial elements for women writers to thrive.
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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in a thought-provoking exploration of women's role in literature and their historical struggles for independence and creative space. Its engaging essays challenge societal norms and provide keen insights into gender equality and literary criticism, making it a timeless piece for those passionate about arts and culture.

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A Room of One’s Own (Vintage Feminism Short Edition)

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JEANETTE WINTERSON

‘What conditions are necessary for the creation of works of art?’ Security, confidence, independence, a degree of prosperity – a room of one’s own.

A new, small format edition of Virginia Woolf's classic, empowering essay, A Room of One's Own, with an introduction from Jeanette Winterson

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A new, small format edition of Virginia Woolf's classic, empowering essay, A Room of One’s Own, with an introduction from Jeanette Winterson.

Vintage Feminism - classic feminist texts in short form.

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JEANETTE WINTERSON

'What conditions are necessary for the creation of works of art?' Security, confidence, independence, a degree of prosperity - a room of one's own. All things denied to most women around the world living in Virginia Woolf's time, and before her time, and since.

In this funny, provoking and insightful polemic, Virginia Woolf challenges her audience of young women to work on even in obscurity, to cultivate the habit of freedom, and to exercise the courage to write exactly what we think.

ALSO IN THE VINTAGE FEMINIST SHORT SERIES

  • The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
  • A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
  • The Beauty Myth by Naomi Wolf
  • My Own Story by Emmeline Pankhurst

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A Room of One’s Own is praised for its originality and literary magic, transforming ordinary observations into profound reflections, leaving readers with a revitalised perspective on life. It skillfully combines personal experiences with imaginative and politically insightful musings, maintaining its relevance even today.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781784874476

Publisher: Vintage Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 June 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Vintage Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 11.0mm

Width: 111.0mm

Height: 179.0mm

Weight: 98g

Pages: 176

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir Non-Fiction Penguin Books Series: Vintage Feminism Short Editions Virginia Woolf

About the Author

Virginia Woolf was born in London in 1882. After her father's death in 1904 Virginia and her sister, the painter Vanessa Bell, moved to Bloomsbury and became the centre of 'The Bloomsbury Group'. This informal collective of artists and writers exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. Three years later, her first novel The Voyage Out was published, followed by Night and Day (1919) and Jacob's Room (1922). Between 1925 and 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, from Mrs Dalloway (1925) to The Waves (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism and biography. On 28 March 1941, a few months before the publication of her final novel, Between the Acts, Virginia Woolf committed suicide.

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