#6 in Essays
A Room of One's Own
- 144
- Pages
- about 2.5 h
- Reading time
- Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
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Our view
“A Room of One’s Own” is a short essay on women and writing that still sounds like an argument made aloud to an audience. It grew out of two lectures at Cambridge, and its six chapters move from observation to conclusion, for instance on why women who began to write turned to the novel. At under 150 pages it can be read in an evening, and it is thoughtful and hopeful throughout.
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About the book
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf, first published in 1929. Divided into six chapters, the work is based on two lectures Woolf delivered in October 1928 at two women's colleges, Newnham College and Girton College, of the University of Cambridge.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.3 across 512 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 78% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Essays average of 8.0. That is how 8.2 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 38 | 7% |
| Hardcover | 8.2 | 474 | 93% |
Frequently asked
How long is A Room of One's Own?
It has 144 pages — shorter than 85% of the ranked books in Essays.
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