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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

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emadisonc's review

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3.5

So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.

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the_reading_wren's review against another edition

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4.25

Eye-opening and thought-provoking.

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book_lover707's review against another edition

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3.5

though i didn’t agree with everything, i thought the observations on the roots of patriarchy were so interesting.
i also loved the writing style and found it easy to get through.

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michaelion's review against another edition

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2.5

I don't love the writing style, but I don't hate it either. I kind of like it. I like stream of consciousness, pure, raw unfiltered thoughts but it also feels like they must've paid by the letter in the olden days :/

Virginia Woolf said nonbinary lesbian rights also Ginny girlie you would've loved Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema by Laura Mulvey.

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4.0

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

I always have a somewhat complicated relationship with Vírgínia Woolf. Her style, stream of consciousness, is a literary style that I struggle with. But I was really surprised when I actually could read this book the first time I tried it (Mrs Dalloway took me three times). And I really liked it!

It is supposed to be a book about women writing fiction, but it goes much further. It talks about the role of women in fiction and in society. It isn't a book about feminism, but it is a feminist book, that I strongly recommend. It's one of those books that I think everyone should read at least one time.

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pastelkerstin's review

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4.5

Virginia, I love you

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tinyjude's review

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3.0

Some points were interesting and relevant even today, but others... were rather not it. It is very clear she is writing from a privileged and white position, so bear that in mind

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4.25

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feliz_in_a_bucket's review

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4.75

Beautifully written, fascinating exploration of the effect the patriarcy had and has on womens ability to write and the way they wrote. Was pleasantly surprised of the simiarities the writing style had to that of Woolfs 'The Waves' - writing in a sort of stream of conciousness that picks up the same themes and ideas over and over again. The ideas expressed in the book are ones still very much related to feminist discussions today. Definitely worth a read. However an unfortunate reminder of the time the book was written and the fact that (as the premisse of the book also suggests) Woolf was not among the least priveledged at that time - comes in the form of offensive slurs used a few times thought.

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