A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas

Author: Woolf, Virginia

Brand: Vintage Classics

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 320

Release Date: 26-09-2000

Part Number: 9780099734314

Details: Product Description
WITH AN INTRODUCTION, PLUS EXTENSIVE NOTES AND REFERENCES BY HERMIONE LEEThis volume combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century. Together they form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. A Room of One's Own, first published in 1929, is a witty, urbane and persuasive argument against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. The sequel, Three Guineas, is a passionate polemic which draws a startling comparison between the tyrannous hypocrisy of the Victorian patriarchal system and the evils of fascism.
Review
One realises afresh the full meaning of originality, the magic of the mind which plays around concrete facts as though they were all spirit. And when it is finished it is with a renewed sense of zest and stimulus that one takes up life again and looks anew at objects which before were only ordinary. ―
Guardian

Brilliant interweaving of personal experience, imaginative musing and political clarity -- Kate Mosse

Achingly relevant -- Natasha Walter ―
Guardian
From the Inside Flap
With an introduction by Hermoine Lee

This volume combines two books which are among this century's greatest contributions to feminist literature. Together they form a brilliant attack on patriarchy and sexual inequality.
A Room of One's Own, first published in 1929 is a witty, urbane and persuasive argument against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. The idea for a sequel came to Woolf early in 1931, after she had addressed the London National Society for Women's Service, and was eventually published in 1938 as
Three Guineas - a passionate and much more strongly charged polemic which draws a startling comparison between the tyrannous hypocrisy of the Victorian patriarchal system and the evils of fascism.
About the Author
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) was born in London. She became a central figure in The Bloomsbury Group, an informal collective of British writers, artists and thinkers. In 1912 Virginia married Leonard Woolf, a writer and social reformer. She wrote many works of literature which are now considered masterpieces, including
Mrs Dalloway,
To the Lighthouse,
Orlando, and
The Waves.

EAN: 9780099734314

Package Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9 inches

Languages: English