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It was really hard for me to get into the writing style. I tried before to read the print format of the book but I couldn't get pass the part where she share the experience at Oxford. Audiobook really helped me to go through it and later found myself enjoying both the story and the naration. Would recommend anyone stuck with the writing to try audiobook instead!
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¿Qué necesita una mujer para poder dedicarse a la literatura? Según Virginia Woolf, dinero y una habitación propia. Sobre esta premisa, Woolf desarrolló dos conferencias que han trascendido en el tiempo publicadas como 'Una habitación propia'. Woolf analiza el papel de la mujer en la literatura a lo largo de la historia y lo hace dejándonos grandes reflexiones que trascienden la esfera de la creación literaria y reflexionan sobre la situación de la mujer y sobre como se la ha invisibilizado de f
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"Lock up your libraries if you like, but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of mind." An essay on Women and Fiction first published in 1929. Woolf's thesis: A woman must earn money and a room of one's own to write. Woolf identifies the fact that the women are denied access to education, entrance to buildings, walkways and ideas. There are infringements on the female mind, but even so women are writing novels and poetry. Woolf gives a historical account of female
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This books makes the argument that if one wants to become a writer (or an artist of any sort for that matter), a steady, fixed income (seems Virginia is writing for the upper middle and upper classes) and solitude (in other words a room of one's own away from the daily interruptions of life) are needed.
My favorite quote was, "Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." ...more
My favorite quote was, "Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind." ...more
This might be my new favorite book!
I just finished A Room of One's Own and I absolutely loved it! I was a bit hesitant to pick it up, as I have found Woolf's writing style a bit hard to follow in the past (due to all the stream-of-consciousness), but I'm so so glad I did! (This book is way easier to read than e.g. To the Lighthouse or Mrs. Dalloway)
The lecture/essay reflects upon the topic of women and fiction and performs social criticism through the years while also looking ahead at what may b ...more
I just finished A Room of One's Own and I absolutely loved it! I was a bit hesitant to pick it up, as I have found Woolf's writing style a bit hard to follow in the past (due to all the stream-of-consciousness), but I'm so so glad I did! (This book is way easier to read than e.g. To the Lighthouse or Mrs. Dalloway)
The lecture/essay reflects upon the topic of women and fiction and performs social criticism through the years while also looking ahead at what may b ...more
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