A Room of One's Own
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A Room of One's Own
| Author | Virginia Woolf |
|---|---|
| Published | 1929 |
| Pages | 143 |
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Woolf’s extended essay, out of two 1928 lectures, on what women writers were denied — money, privacy, a door that shuts — and on Shakespeare’s hypothetical sister: an argument that material conditions, not talent, decide who gets to produce work. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @SpencrGreenberg — named in the thread answering “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?”, June 2025. The full list of replies is on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
- @athenaeumbc — in a stack of ~35 old books photographed by Athenaeum Book Club (October 2026) under the line “One of the hidden benefits of reading old books is that they rescue you from the arrogance of the present.” The full stack is listed on One of the hidden benefits… (tweet).
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