A Room of One's Own

It's small, but oh so cute with gold edged pages. Makes for a lovely gift.

Love it!

Very interesting to read something by a person who I had only really heard of in such terms as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"One can, on hindsight, see how the male dominated leaders would have felt to have been held to account by this active feminist.It certainly made me aware of the almost insurmountable problems that had to be overcome by females to lead what we would now consider a normal life.Many may feel that this process is still with us, and they may well be right and only time will tell.

Contrary to the disappointment posted by another reviewer---I was delighted with the smallness of this little book; that is a beautiful sight to behold with its vibrant Impressionist Era illustration on the cover and papered floral inner lining cover, and bright gold edging to the pages.This little gem is the perfect keepsake for appreciation - a backup to the more readable annotated editions of Virginia Woolf's feminist inquiry into women's societal role.

The cover was bent at the top when I received it so it looks used.

Purchased for a road trip. Paperback super sturdy

The prose of a woman writing in the early 1900s may well rival or exceed that of many modern writers--not as a slight against contemporary voices, but as recognition of Virginia Woolf’s extraordinary command of language from a time often treated as distant history.Her work reflects a density of thought, rhetorical precision, and attentiveness to sentence-level craft that feels increasingly rare. In many ways, she may have written the book on writing before the idea of such a book was fully formed.The prose holds. The stream-of-consciousness delivery--though rich with currents to navigate--acts as connective tissue, carrying the reader’s thoughts and leaping from one conceptual pad to the next.Is it as simple as five hundred pounds a year and a room of one’s own? Probably not. There is a blind spot in how this thesis is presented, particularly in its material framing. Still, I think the larger message deserves more excavation than a literal reading of the book’s title allows. For its time, A Room of One’s Own does profoundly progressive work, and Woolf wields her argument like a blade--one I imagine was deeply uncomfortable for many readers when it was first published.Though it occupies only the final pages, Woolf does gesture toward a challenge of her own thinking, acknowledging--if imperfectly--the limitations of materialism alone. She stumbles, yes, but not without awareness. And not everyone who identifies the disease is destined to be the one who cures it.Read today, A Room of One’s Own feels less like a finished argument and more like a provocation—one that still asks who gets the time, space, and permission to imagine.Edit Review

I glanced it really fast about this famous book advocating women's rights to have our own room and $50k pounds per year income. I always avoid reading this kind of journalistic essays that jump here and there. I stick to my roots of academic writings to dig 3 layers deep. But it's good to get a flavor of one of the 20th century's big writer's style. I use this book as a grammar book to practice my English.

A brilliant writer thoroughly thought provoking

L'ho regalato a mia sorella che ha letto la versione in italiano e voleva avere anche la versione in inglese. Lei è molto contenta, l'ha letto diverse volte. Io purtroppo non ancora quindi non posso dire nulla sul contenuto

In 1928, Ms. Woolf was tasked with delivering a speech on 'Women and Fiction'. This book is an extension of her thoughts on that topic. At 100 pages, it is a short read but one that offers a lot of insight. Ms. Woolf explores why before the 18th century, before the 4 prominent women authors - Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, and George Eliot, we have so little to speak of about women authors. She discusses how patriarchal subjugation was responsible for limiting women's access to education and literacy, and how their life did not leave them time to get into intellectual endeavors. She covers how men across ages diminished women's intellect as inferior. She talks about how financial independence and material comforts are needed to get into artistic matters without pressure. She also encourages women today to not let lack of opportunities be an excuse, that it's imperative for them to build upon the legacies of women who fought to get their voices heard.Since it's written in her stream-of-consciousness way, there are digressions aplenty but let that be a part of the reading experience. Her musing on what if Shakespeare had an equally talented sister ,and the strength of an androgynous mind in art were thought provoking. Overall, it's an excellent essay. There are points which can be argued against and she encourages that herself. But worth a read.

I’m absolutely in love with this edition. Of course the book itself is a must read for every human being, but this particular edition is beautiful!. It’s small, so very convenient to bring anywhere, but hardcover and the most outstanding quality I’ve had the pleasure to see so far! Totally recommend this hard cover edition!

Virginia Woolf was a wonderful writer and a remarkable woman. "A Room of One's Own" is a very insightful book . . . necessary reading, I think, for every woman who has written, or who has contemplated writing, a book of her own.