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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 823.912 EAN: 9780156030410 ISBN: 0156030411 Label: Harvest Books Manufacturer: Harvest Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 216 Publication Date: August 01, 2005 Publisher: Harvest Books Studio: Harvest Books Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different.This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay,Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none. Her message is simple: A woman must have a fixed income and a room of her own in order to have the freedom to create. Annotated and with an introduction by Susan Gubar Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Beauty of logic and written wordThis book is very short and it expresses brilliant logic that I have not seen for a while. Virginia Wolf writes her case about women and writing. What it takes to be a woman artist and remain one. She argues very carefully, that woman artist needs means (read: money) and a room of her own where she can express herself without any interruptions from the outside world. While many male counterparts of her times argue that women have no character and are inferior to men, Virginia asks question on ... Read More Rating:  - Deserves some pondering...Critics might agree or disagree with Virginia Woolf, based on the degree to which they perceive her as threatening or unstable. Whether Woolf is portraying a feminist view or not in her "A Room of One's Own"; she is outstandingly candid and honest about the way she's perceiving life. I agree with a few great points that Woolf raised for example: 1. As Woolf puts it in her own words: "intellectual freedom depends upon material things". No one who's financially ... Read More Rating: - One could say the same thing over and over again in different ways if one had a room of one's ownI think the title sums it up. I liked the book, but it could have ended sooner. The point was made one too many times. Rating: - Obligatory ReadingVirginia Woolf in her best form - personal but not self-centred, concentrated and ready to fight for what she believes is right. This long essay gives her views on the position of women in literature but offers also an overview of their role through centuries - from the imaginary Shakespeare's sister to her contemporaries. A must read for all readers regardless of sex! Rating: - If you want to be a woman writer, this is a must-read!I really didn't know much about Virginia Woolf until 2005, when I ended up living with a dear friend who taught at a local college. Like most folks, I knew Woolf was a writer of the early 1900s and I'd seen the movie "The Hours" and that was the sum total of my knowledge. One day, my dear friend handed me this book and said, "You'll like this." I was intimidated. After all, it's Virginia Woolf and only really smart people can read Woolf's writings. But I decided to read ... Read More 
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