A Room of One's Own

Discover Virginia Woolf''s landmark essay on women¿s struggle for independence and creative opportunity

A Room of One''s Own is one of Virginia Woolf''s most influential works and widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women''s movement. Based on a lecture given at Girton College, Cambridge, it is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its themes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bront¿o the silent fate of Shakespeare''s gifted (imaginary) sister, and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity. The work was ranked by The Guardian newspaper as number 45 in the 100 World''s Best Non-fiction Books. Part of the bestselling Capstone series, this collectible, hard-back edition of A Room of One¿s Own includes an insightful introduction by Jessica Gildersleeve that explains the book''s place in modernist literature and why it still resonates with contemporary readers.

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