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A Room of One’s Own
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Start date
February 1, 2018
Finish date
March 31, 2018

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Sara
Nov 25, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Am I going to shove this book under anyone's nose from now on?
YES!
هل سأقوم باقتراح هذا الكتاب لكل شخص أقابله في حياتي؟
بالطبع، سأفعل!
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إن تاريخ معارضة الرجال لتحرير المرأة هو أكثر إثارة للاهتمام ربما من قصة تحرير المرأة نفسها، وقد ينتج عنه كتاب مسل.

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المهم أن نكون أنفسنا أكثر من أي شيء آخر، لا تحلمن بالتأثير في أناس آخرين، سأقول، لو كنت أعرف كيف أجعل الجملة تبدو عظيمة: فكرنَ في الأشياء كما هي.
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من أهم الكتب التي قرأتها ربما في حياتي كلها، لماذا لا يتم تدريسه في المدارس بدلًا من القصص الفاشلة والمقال
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Noninuna
Oct 27, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: audiobooks
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! ...more
entrelínies.nesa
¿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 ...more
Elba
Feb 05, 2018 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
"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 ...more
Cathrine
Jun 02, 2019 rated it it was amazing
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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
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