A Room Of One`s Own

A Room of One`s Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics, ranging in its the mes from Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte to the silent fate of Shakespeare`s gifted (imaginary) sister and the effects of poverty a nd sexual constraint on female creativity. Three Guineas was published almost a decade later and breaks new ground in its discussion of men, militarism and wome`s attitudes towards war. These two pieces reveal Virginia Woolf`s fiery spirit and sophisticated wit an d confirm her status as a highly inspirational essayist.

• author: Virginia Woolf