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Through a series of letters, Virginia Woolf's powerful and provocative extended essay confronts the intertwined issues of fascism, feminism, and war.Written as a response to three separate requests for donations from feminist organisations, Three Guineas explores the broader questions of women's roles in society, the pursuit of justice, and the resistance against oppressive systems. Woolf articulates her vision for a society where women are free to pursue education, careers, and intellectual independence-free from the constraints of patriarchal expectations.First published in 1938, Three Guineas is not just a reflection on the societal challenges of Woolf's time but also a timeless statement on the feminine purpose and the need for solidarity in the face of tyranny and violence. It remains an essential read for anyone interested in the intersection of gender, politics, and social justice.

2021 Reprint of the 1925 Edition. The Common Reader, a collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, was published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. This edition reprints the first series, first published in 1925. Most of the essays appeared originally in such publications as the Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, New Statesman, Life and Letters, Dial, Vogue, and The Yale Review. The title indicates Woolf's intention that her essays be read by the "common reader" who reads books for personal enjoyment. Using the sympathetic persona of "the common reader," Woolf treats literary topics. Woolf outlines her literary philosophy in the introductory essay to the first series, "The Common Reader," and in the concluding essay to the second series, "How Should One Read a Book?" The first series includes essays on Geoffrey Chaucer, Michel de Montaigne, Jane Austen, George Eliot, and Joseph Conrad, as well as discussions of the Greek language and the modern essay.Content:The common reader -- The Pastons and Chaucer -- On not knowing Greek -- The Elizabethan lumber room -- Notes on an Elizabethan play -- Montaigne -- The Duchess of Newcastle -- Rambling round Evelyn -- Defoe -- Addison -- The lives of the obscure: The Taylors and the Edgeworths. Laetitia Pilkington. Miss Ormerod -- Jane Austen -- Modern fiction -- "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" -- George Eliot -- The Russian point of view -- Outlines: Miss Mitford. Dr. Bentley. Lady Dorothy Nevill. Archbishop Thomson -- The patron and the crocus -- The modern essay -- Joseph Conrad -- How it strikes a contemporary.

The only volume of short stories Virginia Woolf published during her lifetime, Monday or Tuesday collects eight tales centring the theme of death, all featuring the masterful writer's characteristic wit and distinctive style.Monday or Tuesday was first published in 1921 at Woolf's Hogarth Press in Bloomsbury. Now a timeless classic, the collection explores the theme of death through humour, irony, and tenderness. Each unique short story is characterised by Woolf's bold modernist writing style and experimentation.The short stories featured in this collection are:A Haunted HouseA SocietyMonday or TuesdayAn Unwritten NovelThe String QuartetBlue and GreenKew GardensThe Mark on the WallThis Read & Co. Classics edition of Monday or Tuesday is the perfect volume for newcomers to Woolf's masterful work and would make a lovely edition to any collector's library.

Spanning the years in which Virginia Woolf penned her classic novel The Waves and worked on Flush, the nonfiction pieces in this fifth volume provide further insight into Woolf's creative genius and showcase her supreme stylistic capability. The far-ranging essays and criticism collected here include ruminations on the romantic and literary lives of William Cowper and Christina Rossetti and an introduction to memoirs by the Women's Cooperative Guild that reveals Woolf's signature feminism. This collection also includes the entirety of The Common Reader: Second Series, the sequel to The Common Reader.

This first volume of its kind contains the complete text of and guide to Virginia Woolf's masterpiece, plus Mrs. Dalloway's Party and numerous journal entries and letters by Virginia Woolf relating to the book's genesis and writing. The distinguished novelist Francine Prose has selected these pieces as well as essays and appreciations, critical views, and commentary by writers famous and unknown. Now with additional scholarly commentary by Mark Hussey, professor of English at Pace University, this complete volume illuminates the creation of a celebrated story and the genius of its author. Includes essays and commentary from: Michael CunninghamE. M. ForsterMargo JeffersonJames WoodMary GordonElaine ShowalterDaniel MendelsohnSigrid NunezDeborah EisenbergElissa Schappell

Known for her novels, and for the dubious fame of being a doyenne of the 'Bloomsbury Set', in her time Virginia Woolf was highly respected as a major essayist and critic with a special interest and commitment to contemporary literature, and women's writing in particular. This spectacular collection of essays and other writings does justice to those efforts, offering unique appraisals of Aphra Behn, Mary Wollstonecraft, the Duchess of Newcastle, Dorothy Richardson, Charlotte Bronte, and Katherine Mansfield, amongst many others. Gathered too, and using previously unpublished (sometimes even unsigned) journal extracts, are what will now become timeless commentaries on 'Women and Fiction', 'Professions for Women' and 'The Intellectual Status of Women'. More than half a century after the publication of A Room Of One's Own, distinguished scholar Michele Barrett cohesively brings together work which, throughout the years, has been scattered throughout many texts and many volumes. . . affording these very valuable writings the collective distinction they deserve at last.

This rich introduction to the art of Virginia Woolf contains the complete texts of five short stories and eight essays, together with substantial excerpts from the longer fiction and nonfiction. An ideal volume for those encountering Woolf for the first time as well as for those already devoted to her work. Edited and with a Preface by Mitchell A. Leaska.

The Diary of Virginia Woolf has been acclaimed as a masterpiece. Anne Olivier Bell edited the five-volume original, and she has now abridged the Diary in this splendidly readable single volume edition. "A fine opportunity to experience Woolf's biting wit and scathing depiction of her contemporaries” (Booklist). Introduction by Quentin Bell; Index.

Virginia Woolf was an inventive, witty correspondent, whether commenting on a domestic crisis, politics, or the roving of the writer's mind. Edited and with an Introduction by Joanne Trautmann Banks; Index.

Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext - ungekürzt und unbearbeitet mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen.»Ein Zimmer für sich allein« und 500 Pfund jährlich - darin sieht Virginia Woolf die Grundvoraussetzungen für weibliche Literatur. Dass Frauen nie so produktiv schreiben konnten wie Männer, wird in ihrem berühmten Essay von 1929 zur traurigen Erkenntnis. Wie soll eine Frau ohne materielle und geistige Unabhängigkeit schriftstellerisch tätig werden? Hätte Shakespeares Schwester eine berühmte Autorin werden können? Derlei Fragen widmet sich Woolf schon Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts und leistet damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zum Feminismus.Englische Lektüre: Niveau B2-C1 (GER)

Mit ihren avantgardistischen Romanen gehört Virginia Woolf neben Autoren wie Joyce und Proust zu den wichtigsten Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Doch nirgendwo zeigt sich Woolfs meisterhaft experimenteller Stil deutlicher als in ihren Kurzgeschichten, von denen dieser Band alle zu ihren Lebzeiten erschienenen versammelt. In Texten wie »Ein Geisterhaus« und »Montag oder Dienstag« sind konventionelle Erzählstrukturen aufgebrochen zugunsten eines fast traumartigen Bewusstseinsstroms. Wie mit einem Blitzstrahl leuchtet Woolf die Details der Szenen aus, deren Sog sich der Leser kaum entziehen kann.