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A review by thegbrl
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
4.0
"Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, indeed, so overcharged the capacity of bricks and mortar that it must needs harness itself to pens and brushes and business and politics."
What is the relationship between space, money and female empowerment? In A Room of One's Own, Woolf posits that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.". I enjoyed this novel because of Woolf's lyrical yet candid authorial voice, characterised by an illuminating sense of poise. Being a fundamental work of feminist criticism, Woolf discusses femininity at the the intersection of class and wealth to challenge the prevailing beliefs of her time. Her absolute honesty was striking to me in that she writes with a fluency that is never corrupted or burdened by incessant side-commentary. Woolf has a unique ability to utilise the "stream of consciousness" and harness it into an amalgam of genres, preoccupations and descriptions, whilst remaining truthful to her central argument. She ends the novel bequeathing all women of the future to take hold of the tradition which has long been deprived from them.
"So long as you write what you wish to write for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair on the head of your vision ... is the most abject treachery..."
What is the relationship between space, money and female empowerment? In A Room of One's Own, Woolf posits that "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.". I enjoyed this novel because of Woolf's lyrical yet candid authorial voice, characterised by an illuminating sense of poise. Being a fundamental work of feminist criticism, Woolf discusses femininity at the the intersection of class and wealth to challenge the prevailing beliefs of her time. Her absolute honesty was striking to me in that she writes with a fluency that is never corrupted or burdened by incessant side-commentary. Woolf has a unique ability to utilise the "stream of consciousness" and harness it into an amalgam of genres, preoccupations and descriptions, whilst remaining truthful to her central argument. She ends the novel bequeathing all women of the future to take hold of the tradition which has long been deprived from them.
"So long as you write what you wish to write for ages or only for hours, nobody can say. But to sacrifice a hair on the head of your vision ... is the most abject treachery..."