Virginia Woolf - A Room of One's Own

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2 TITLE PAGE A ROOM OF ONE’S OWN The Feminist Classic VIRGINIA WOOLF With an Introduction by JESSICA GILDERSLEEVE

3 COPYRIGHT

4 AN INTRODUCTION WHY IT MATTERS WHO IS VIRGINIA WOOLF? THE FEMINIST A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN WOMEN AND LITERATURE WOOLF AS PROFESSIONAL WRITER KILLING THE IDEALISED WOMAN WOOLF AS MODERNIST WRITER CRITICISMS NO CONCLUSION REFERENCES

5 ABOUT JESSICA GILDERSLEEVE

6 ABOUT TOM BUTLER‐BOWDON

7 A ROOM OF ONE'S OWNVIRGINIA WOOLF NOTE

8 ONE NOTES

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13 SIX NOTES

14 END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

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VIRGINIA WOOLF

With an Introduction by

JESSICA GILDERSLEEVE

This Capstone edition first published 2021

Introduction copyright © Jessica Gildersleeve

The first edition of A Room of One's Own was published by Hogarth Press in 1929.

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