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  • A Room of One's Own

    Series series Essentials Classics
    Virginia Woolf’s beloved classic, with a new forewordA Room of One’s Own is an American classic that has been inspiring readers since its initial publication in 1929. Based on two lectures that Woolf delivered at the University of Cambridge, this collection of extended essays highlights the importance of education and independence for aspiring writers. Woolf calls for the inclusion of more female ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • A Room of One's Own

    A Pioneering Feminist Classic That Still Resonates Across Generations

    ️ What does a woman need to write fiction? Just "a room of her own and five hundred a year." In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Woolf delivers a groundbreaking essay on the social and economic barriers faced by women writers. Drawing from history, literature, and her own experience, Woolf weaves sharp wit and poetic prose into a powerful argument for creative independence, gender equity, and ... Read more

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  • A Room Of One's Own

    The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition

    Series Book 23 - The Virginia Woolf Library
    Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one’s own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Common Reader

    In "The Common Reader," Virginia Woolf explores the relationship between the reader and literature, emphasizing the importance of personal engagement with texts. Woolf presents a collection of essays that reflect her thoughts on various authors and literary works, showcasing her unique perspective on reading as an art form. She advocates for a more intimate and subjective approach to literature, ... Read more

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  • The Common Reader, Second Series

    The Common Reader, collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. Most of the essays appeared originally in such publications as the Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, Athenæum, 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 ... Read more

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  • The Common Reader

    With the first volume published in 1925 and the second in 1932, The Common Reader brings together a collection of Woolf's critical essays and articles, in total forty entries covering historical and contemporary authors and themes. By no means is this a complete collection of her critical work – she was reviewing in established magazines well before she'd published any of her own work – but it is ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Death of the Moth and Other Essays

    A highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of Virginia Woolf's work, mainly on literary, personal, biographical, theatrical, and social subjects. "Up to the author's highest standard in a literary form that was most congenial to her" - Times Literary Supplement. ... Read more

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  • The Prince of Minor Writers

    The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

    by Max Beerbohm ...
    AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINALVirginia Woolf called Max Beerbohm “the prince” of essayists, F. W. Dupee praised his “whim of iron” and “cleverness amounting to genius,” while Beerbohm himself noted that “only the insane take themselves quite seriously.” From his precocious debut as a dandy in 1890s Oxford until he put his pen aside in the aftermath of World War II, Beerbohm was recognized as an ... Read more

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  • Tea-Table Talk

    Tea-Table Talkby Jerome K JeromeAs the New York Times said in 1903, this lesser-known work by Jerome K. Jerome does not display "the wit of Congreve or even the glittering sort Mr. Jerome employs in some of his other books."It takes the form of imaginary conversations between the writer and a number of un-named characters at the afternoon tea table. The Woman of the World, the Old Maid, the Girton ... Read more

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  • On Reading, Writing and Living with Books

    Series Book 6 - The London Library
    The London Library is the world's largest independent library. Founded in 1841 by Thomas Carlyle (in reaction to the "museum headache" brought on by the crowds in the British Museum Reading Room), it has become a haven for readers, writers and all who draw strength, solace or inspiration from the presence of books. Some of the most illustrious figures of the last two centuries have written, ... Read more

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  • Virginia Woolf: The Moment & Other Essays

    Enriched edition. Modernist essays on identity, perception, memory, and feminist insight in the interwar era

    In 'Virginia Woolf: The Moment & Other Essays', Virginia Woolf explores the concept of the 'moment' in various aspects of life through her signature stream-of-consciousness style. The essays delve into the complexities of human experiences and emotions, offering profound insights into themes such as identity, perception, and memory. Woolf's lyrical prose and experimental narrative structure ... Read more

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  • Virginia Woolf - Essays

    Series Book 1 - Essays
    Step into the luminous, sharp, and transformative essays of Virginia Woolf.Celebrated across the world for landmark modernist novels like Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf revealed in her non-fiction a presence just as captivating: that of a remarkably candid, witty, and intimate conversationalist. In her hands, the essay was never intended to be an arid lecture or a pedantic ... Read more

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