A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by
The essay examines whether women were capable of producing work of the quality of William Shakespeare, amongst other topics. In one section, Woolf invented a fictional "Shakespeare's
Sister", Judith, to illustrate that a woman with Shakespeare's gifts would have been denied the same opportunities to develop
them because of the doors that were closed to women. Woolf also examines the careers of several female authors, including
The title comes from Woolf's conception that, 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction'
(chapter 1). It also refers to any author's need for
A Room of One's Own is written with supreme
Plays, Film and Television adaptations
It was adapted as a play by Patrick Garland who also directed
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| Novels: | The Voyage
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| Short stories: | A Haunted House · A Society · Monday or Tuesday · An Unwritten Novel · The String Quartet · Blue & Green · Kew Gardens · The Mark on the Wall · The New Dress |
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| Non-fiction: | Modern Fiction · The Common Reader · A Room of One's Own · |
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