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A Room of One’s Own

Virginia Woolf

Start date: March 1, 2018

Finish date: March 30, 2018

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May 16, 2020 Jeanne rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2020, politics, read-around-the-world, classics, read-women, writing, feminism

The ability to read and write – even as I do here – is a privilege, or as Virginia Woolf asserts, "intellectual freedom depends upon material things" (Kindle 30979). I would argue that money and a room of one's own is necessary for all sorts of intellectual pursuits – Maslow's hierarchy and all that. Can one really write, read, and think without a modicum of safety, physical and otherwise (Viktor Frankl excepted)?

And, then, what is the impact for women with limited opportunities? Imagine Shakesp ...more

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Dec 31, 2017 Jehona rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: feminism, europe, classics

This should be read by everyone. It is still true and it is true for other intellectual pursuits as well as writing.

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Sep 20, 2014 Cathie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics

Ok, this was actually a re-read, but I am counting it as a read because I have not read it in 25 years. Sometimes the second time around is even better than you remember the first time; this is one of those times.

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