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A review by lushr
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
4.0
Virginia Wolfe has a fresh and bright mind full of ideas, strength and a love of writing.
This book has incidentally taught me what the difference is between literature and fiction, I never understood why one book is considered great literature, but Wolfe suggests that a great book does more than tell a story but give you something to reflect upon within your own life, a depth for you to consider beyond the page and into real life.
A 1920s look at what a woman needs to be a writer. A room of ones own and £500 a year. Still incredibly relevant today, she talks about the female voice, the parts of women's lives that had not yet been explored simply because only men were doing the writing. She also notes the vicious rebound after the suffragettes in which men had to be more manly than ever and seemingly write women back into their place (firmly in second).
This book has incidentally taught me what the difference is between literature and fiction, I never understood why one book is considered great literature, but Wolfe suggests that a great book does more than tell a story but give you something to reflect upon within your own life, a depth for you to consider beyond the page and into real life.
A 1920s look at what a woman needs to be a writer. A room of ones own and £500 a year. Still incredibly relevant today, she talks about the female voice, the parts of women's lives that had not yet been explored simply because only men were doing the writing. She also notes the vicious rebound after the suffragettes in which men had to be more manly than ever and seemingly write women back into their place (firmly in second).