Quote of the Week
“All I could do was to offer you an opinion upon one minor point—a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.” -Ch. 1
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), English author, feminist, essayist, publisher, and critic wrote A Room of One’s Own in 1929. Her novel Mrs. Dalloway was a reaction to WWI, and how European Society was trying to deal with the tragedy. Mrs. Dalloway was used as the basis for the novel The Hours, which was then adapted into acclaimed film starring Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, and Nicole Kidman.
Listen to an interview with Woolf from 1937 at the BBC
Find out more information about Virginia Woolf.
