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A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas (Collins Classics)

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title A Room of One's Own and Three Guineas (Collins Classics)
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Virginia Woolf
SeriesCollins Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:320
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 111
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780007558063
ClassificationsDewey:305.420941
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint William Collins
Publication Date 8 May 2014
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '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...' Based on a lecture given at Cambridge and first published in 1929, 'A Room of One's Own' interweaves Woolf's personal experience as a female writer with themes ranging from Austen and Bronte to Shakespeare's gifted (and imaginary) sister. 'Three Guineas', Woolf's most impassioned polemic, came almost a decade later and broke new ground by challenging the very notions of war and masculinity. This volume combines two inspirational, witty and urbane essays from one of literature's pre-eminent voices; collectively they constitute a brilliant and lucid attack on sexual inequality.

Author Biography

Virginia Woolf was an English novelist, essayist, short story writer, publisher, critic and member of the Bloomsbury group, as well as being regarded as both a hugely significant modernist and feminist figure. Her most famous works include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own.

Reviews

'Brilliant interweaving of personal experience, imaginative musing and political clarity' Kate Mosse 'Achingly relevant' Natasha Walter, Guardian