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A Room of One's Own
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist polemics. Woolf's blazing polemic on female creativity, the role of the writer, and the silent fate of Shakespeare's imaginary sister remains a powerful reminder of a woman's need for financial independence and intellectual freedom.
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- Fothergill
- 22-03-16
Empathetic , intelligent reading
This has to be the most intelligent reading of A Room of Ones Own, Ms Juliet Stevensons reading has an uncanny 'Woolf ' voice, she has a delivery which is incredibly accurate, unlike some 'readers' she understands, dare I say, seems to love Virginia Woolf's words and her intonation, timing, is absolute perfection. Anything Ms Stevenson reads is done with impeccable delivery, a joy to share.
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- Steevil Knievil
- 26-01-21
I’m dumb boy
I like many dumb boy grapples with the complex feelings of coming across feminist literature in university and was amazed to discover that not everything’s about me. This is great writing and I loved it. Please enjoy more than you endured my terrible review.
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- Kerry Howard
- 13-04-13
Classic, inspiring & full of quotable quotes
A Room of One's Own is beautifully read by Juliet Stephenson. Virginia Woolf writes a short but thought provoking book, relevant even today. It if full of quotable quotes, including the iconic one used as the title.
The first half of the book is a slow build up to the inspiring second.
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- Kelly
- 05-05-15
Timeless classic
A timeless classic... Still resonates today. Excellent narration. Be yourself, women express your creative energy and do not give up.
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- Sofie Ottesen
- 17-04-17
Amusing, clever and incadecently well-written
Can't believe I hadn't read this before, it is such a great piece. I am glad I have recently listened to Bronte, Eliot and Austen, as she often refers to works by them
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- lisa white
- 04-12-20
One of my favourite books of all time!
I read this book first when I was 17 back in the eighties and has stayed in my mind all my life, I love the wit and turn of phrase that she has, I recommend highly.
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- Mariangela
- 27-08-16
valuable audio book but difficult to follow
very interesting but a bit of a struggle to listen to, I couldn't call it relaxing... but the reader is great, and the text is a classic of feminist literature, it's just that it requires quite a bit of concentration....
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- NICK
- 12-10-21
Wise
Virginia Woolf is wise: her insight and judgement are incomparable. This is a superbly crafted long essay which gathers momentum as our realisation of its purport grows. She begins with cameos of male-dominated Oxbridge, then moves deftly to a contrast with the frugality of a comparable female institution. And so her indisputable argument grows: it is lack of creative space and of independent means which have hampered female writers through the centuries. She criticises the misogynists, who have kept women down, with a sardonic mockery which is never overt, yet all the more scathing for not being a frontal attack. Throughout the piece there are gems which tell us about the art of writing and its role in the world. This is an iconic essay.
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- Rebekah
- 03-03-20
Dated
Excellent reading, dated content. Was radical at time but not shocking for a modern reader
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- Roly
- 13-08-21
Articulately written and superbly read
A Room of Ones Own is an exhortation to women to write and express themselves. It briefly explores the social patriarchy, economic obstacles and prejudice that marginalised and prevented them; only when women gained independence and education were they liberated to write. And this theme applies to many oppressed groups.
VW comments that the “history of men’s opposition to womens’ emancipation is more interesting than the emancipation itself” and revealing how the struggle for women’s rights produced further backlash !
So articulately written and superbly read by the consummate Juliet Stevenson
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