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by Virginia Woolf

Clif's Book World rated it

12 years ago

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This book is based on lectures given in 1928 by the author on the subject of women and literature. The author was already recognized at the time as a gifted and successful writer, and she was invited to speak to two women's colleges at Cambridge and share her experience and wisdom to the next gener...

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Blogged Out Ma Nut rated it

12 years ago

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Go Virginia!When I finished this book, I could hear the lecture theatre full of women giving an uproarious applause.Um, read this.

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Rowena's Reviews rated it

12 years ago

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I hadn't really made up my mind about how I feel about Virginia Woolf, until now, that is. This book definitely showed her genius and I loved it. I enjoyed reading about the history of women writers including one of my favourites, George Eliot, and how they have been suppressed systematically by pat...

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janeg rated it

12 years ago

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Another book that sets out to talk about writing, but ends up talking about life. A Room of One's Own is about Virginia Woolf herself, about the reader, about people, about humanity, about life -- about being able to look at the sky and cherish it, and to be able to tell others what one saw in it. o...

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I'm Reading... rated it

12 years ago

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Other thoughts/reviews:Stuck in a Book: http://stuck-in-a-book.blogspot.be/2012/07/room-of-ones-own-virginia-woolf.html

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Barbara1951 rated it

13 years ago

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A quarter of the way through: I wish I had read this at 18 and again every decade since. EASILY 5 stars now. Having finished, a high 4 stars.

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Rabbit Reads rated it

13 years ago

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While I did not agree with everything she said, it was a very interesting book of essays and I felt like I learned and gained from this. I recommend this for every female (cis and trans) writer.

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tyene rated it

13 years ago

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Ora io credo che questa poetessa, che non scrisse mai una parola e venne sepolta ad un crocicchio, viva ancora. Vive in voi e vive in m, e in molte altre donne che non sono qui stasera, perché stanno lavando i piatti e mettendo a letto i bambini. Ma lei vive, perché i grandi poeti non muoiono. [...]...

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anndiehl rated it

13 years ago

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Certainly a book so packed with careful observations of the circumstances of women in society that it can be read over and over and still enlighten! The long glorious sentences are a joy to get lost in.

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My Reading Life rated it

14 years ago

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What a triumphant essay! Virginia Woolf criticizes the expectations men and women have of themselves without being sarcastic or hateful. She uses clear, historical examples to support her arguments. This is a timeless piece of feminist literature, although she would most likely be unhappy with my...

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