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By Virginia Woolf (© 1929)
Read by Penelope Dellaporta (Brit.)
1979 Books on Tape, Inc.
Unabridged
Classics > Fiction

For an author to be successful, particularly a woman, she needs her own identify.A room of her own.

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Virginia Woolf is one of the 20th century's great innovative writers. She was a member of the Bloomsbury group in pre-WW I England.

A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN is her investigation of the woman artist as a writer. Speculating on the imaginary life of Shakespeare's equally talented sister, she posits the necessity of "a room of one's own" (and a fixed income) for the writer to pursue her craft.

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Reviewer: Aaron Elliott (see other books I've reviewed)

July 30, 2004

My favorite of Woolf's works. A must read for anyone who truly LOVES books. Woolf explains how it is possible for a woman (past and current) to successfully write fiction. When Woolf lapses into a fictious telling of "sister" of Shakespeare..."Judith Shakespeare", the essay really takes off and is quite funny. There is also an overview of historical women authors through the ages. Brilliant. The reader doesn't miss a beat and is truly the only one who could have read this essay.