A landmark of feminist thought and a rhetorical masterpiece Guardian Ranging from the silent fate of Shakespeare s gifted imaginary sister to Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte and the effects of poverty and sexual constraint on female creativity, A Room of One s Own, based on a lecture given by Woolf at Girton College, Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Published almost a decade later, Three Guineas breaks new ground in its discussion of men, militarism and women s attitudes towards war. These two pieces reveal Virginia Woolf s indomitable spirit, sophisticated wit and genius as an essayist. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Michele Barrett
