A Room of One's Own
Author: Woolf, Virginia
ISBN: 9780143138907
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 22 Jul 2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Virginia WoolfP#8217;s pioneering work of feminism, P#8220;probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in the twentieth centuryP#8221; (Hermione Lee), featuring a new introduction by Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;Olga Dies Dreaming Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;Anita de Monte Laughs LastPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Virginia WoolfP#8217;s pioneering work of feminism, P#8220;probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in the twentieth centuryP#8221; (Hermione Lee), featuring a new introduction by Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;Olga Dies Dreaming Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;Anita de Monte Laughs LastPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In October 1928, Virginia Woolf delivered two lectures to the womenP#8217;s colleges at the University of Cambridge, arguing with inimitable wit and rhetorical mastery that an income and a room of oneP#8217;s own are essential to a womanP#8217;s creative freedom. These lectures became the basis for Plt;iPgt;A Room of OneP#8217;s OwnPlt;/iPgt;, a landmark in feminist thought, in which Woolf imagines the fictional Judith Shakespeare, sister to William and equally gifted but lost to history. How much genius has gone unexpressed, Woolf wonders, because women are not afforded the same privileges as men? A hundred years later, her brilliant polemic reverberates into our own time.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In this edition, Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary and bestselling novelist Xochitl Gonzalez contributes an introductory essay that extends the argument to WoolfP#8217;s housekeeper, breaking down divides of not only gender but also race and class in order to include Plt;iPgt;allPlt;/iPgt; women in WoolfP#8217;s profoundly inspiring call to realize their creative potential.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
ISBN: 9780143138907
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 22 Jul 2025
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
Plt;bPgt;Virginia WoolfP#8217;s pioneering work of feminism, P#8220;probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in the twentieth centuryP#8221; (Hermione Lee), featuring a new introduction by Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;Olga Dies Dreaming Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;Anita de Monte Laughs LastPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;
Plt;bPgt;Virginia WoolfP#8217;s pioneering work of feminism, P#8220;probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in the twentieth centuryP#8221; (Hermione Lee), featuring a new introduction by Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize finalist and Plt;iPgt;New York TimesPlt;/iPgt; bestselling author of Plt;iPgt;Olga Dies Dreaming Plt;/iPgt;and Plt;iPgt;Anita de Monte Laughs LastPlt;/iPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;A Penguin ClassicPlt;/bPgt;Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In October 1928, Virginia Woolf delivered two lectures to the womenP#8217;s colleges at the University of Cambridge, arguing with inimitable wit and rhetorical mastery that an income and a room of oneP#8217;s own are essential to a womanP#8217;s creative freedom. These lectures became the basis for Plt;iPgt;A Room of OneP#8217;s OwnPlt;/iPgt;, a landmark in feminist thought, in which Woolf imagines the fictional Judith Shakespeare, sister to William and equally gifted but lost to history. How much genius has gone unexpressed, Woolf wonders, because women are not afforded the same privileges as men? A hundred years later, her brilliant polemic reverberates into our own time.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;In this edition, Pulitzer Prize finalist for commentary and bestselling novelist Xochitl Gonzalez contributes an introductory essay that extends the argument to WoolfP#8217;s housekeeper, breaking down divides of not only gender but also race and class in order to include Plt;iPgt;allPlt;/iPgt; women in WoolfP#8217;s profoundly inspiring call to realize their creative potential.Plt;brPgt;Plt;brPgt;Penguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
