A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas
  • Published: 8 November 1996
  • ISBN: 9780099734314
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99
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A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas

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Woolf exposes the prejudices and constraints against which women writers struggled for centuries, and argues for a more equal literary establishment

WITH AN INTRODUCTION, PLUS EXTENSIVE NOTES AND REFERENCES BY HERMIONE LEE

This 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.
  • Published: 8 November 1996
  • ISBN: 9780099734314
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $19.99
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About the author

Virginia Woolf

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.

Also by Virginia Woolf

Mrs Dalloway
To the Lighthouse: Popular Penguins
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own
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Orlando (Vintage Classics Woolf Series)
To the Lighthouse
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Praise for A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas

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
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