A Room of One's Own
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First published in 1929, A Room of One's Own grew out of two lectures Virginia Woolf delivered at Cambridge University on the subject of women and fiction. Blending personal reflection, literary criticism and imaginative storytelling, Woolf explores the historical and material obstacles that have prevented women from becoming writers. Through the fictional figure of Judith Shakespeare, the imagined sister of William Shakespeare, she considers how a woman of extraordinary talent might have been denied the education, independence and opportunities afforded to men.
At the heart of the essay lies Woolf's insistence that intellectual freedom depends upon material independence: a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write. Both a landmark of feminist thought and a brilliant work of literary criticism, the book examines authorship, education, class and the relationship between gender and artistic creation. Its influence extends far beyond literature, establishing Woolf as one of the most important voices in modern feminist writing.
From the book
“I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”
— Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own
On A Room of One's Own
“A touchstone, a good luck charm, a liberator of thought, an exhortation.”
— Marion Shaw, Times Higher Education