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Presented here is Volume III of our Feminist Literary Classics series, featuring three of the most important feminist novels ever written: Orlando: A Biography by Virginia Woolf, O Pioneers! by Willa Cather and So Big by Edna Ferber. The first book in this collection is Orlando: A Biography, a groundbreaking English novel by Virginia Woolf that explores English history, gender roles and sexual politics in a way few books have before or since.

Step beyond the lamplight and into the gilded darkness of a vanished world. Ghost Stories from the Gilded Age is a classic ghost story anthology featuring eerie tales by female authors who defied convention—Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin, and more. Narrated by an all-star ensemble of Audie, SOVAS, and One Voice award winners and nominees, this haunting audiobook collection blends Gothic elegance with supernatural unease.

A collection of short stories written by some of the greatest female writers of all time including Virginia Woolf, Kate Chopin, Katherine Mansfield, and Winifred Holtby.

At the beginning of Virginia Woolf's fantastical and satirical 1928 novel, Orlando is a young nobleman in Elizabethan, England. At the age of 30, Orlando awakens to have found he's now a woman. Moving through the following centuries, the novel stretches over 300 years, during which time Orlando meets several key figures of English literary history.

Geleneksel roman anlayışını yıkarak dünya edebiyatının en sıra dışı yazarlarından biri olan Virginia Woolf, Dalgalar'la şiir ve düzyazıyı benzersiz bir şekilde bir araya getiriyor ve bilinç akışı tekniğinin en önemli eserlerinden birini ortaya koyuyor. Dalgalar'da, üç erkek ve üç kadının çocukluklarından yaşlılık dönemlerine kadar tüm hayatları bilinç akışı tekniğiyle anlatılıyor. Dış dünyaya ise sadece karakterlerinin onu algılayışları üzerinden yer veriliyor. Woolf, ortak bir yazgıyla yer yer birbirinden uzaklaşan ama sıklıkla kesişen hayatları anlatıyor.

Presented here is Volume IV of our Feminist Literary Classics series, featuring three of the most important feminist works ever written: A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf, Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë and The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather.

A party of English people is aboard the Euphrosyne, bound for South America. Among them is Rachel Vinrace, a young girl, innocent and wholly ignorant of the world of politics and society, books, sex, love and marriage. She is a free spirit half-caught, momentarily and passionately, by Terence Hewet, an aspiring writer who she meets in Santa Marina. But their engagement is to end abruptly, and tragically. Virginia Woolf's first novel, published in 1915, is a haunting exploration of a young woman's mind. 

Partant de l'analyse des interdits misogynes, solides remparts d'une supériorité masculine dont la réalité paraît sérieusement ébranlée, Virginia Woolf définit les conditions d'existence et la spécificité de la création pour les femmes. Il faut d'abord "une chambre à soi", dont la portée va bien au-delà du matériel. Il suffit d'entrer dans n'importe quelle chambre de n'importe quelle rue pour que se jette à votre face toute cette force extrêmement complexe de la féminité.

Un cuarto propio es un breve ensayo de Virginia Woolf sobre la condición femenina que se ha convertido en un icono de la literatura del siglo XX. «No hay marca en la pared para medir la precisa estatura de las mujeres. No hay medidas que determinen las condiciones de una buena madre o el cariño de una hija, la fidelidad de una hermana o la capacidad de una ama de llaves», comenta Virginia Woolf en este ensayo, pero lo que también nos dice es que para escribir una novela una mujer tiene que tener un cuarto propio y comida caliente; en resumen, tener una vida propia e independiente.

All short stories are open to interpretation and philosophical dialogue, but this memorable tale from acclaimed author Virginia Woolf might be described as a case study in the mentality of hoarding or at the very least an obsession. What would John give up to discover and collect a very unusual group of items? Would this collection improve his life, or would it give way to madness?

Una habitación propia no es solo un ensayo sobre literatura, es una guía de liberación interior para cualquier mujer que busque independencia, voz propia y un espacio mental donde florecer. Con una lucidez adelantada a su tiempo, Virginia Woolf plantea una verdad esencial que sigue vigente: para que una mujer pueda crear, necesita libertad económica, estabilidad emocional y un lugar propio —físico y simbólico— donde no tenga que pedir permiso para ser.

"Eine Frau muss Geld haben und ein eigenes Zimmer, wenn sie schreiben will." Mit diesem berühmten Satz fasst Virginia Woolf in ihrem 1929 erschienenen Essay "Ein eigenes Zimmer" eine Erkenntnis zusammen, die bis heute nichts von ihrer Sprengkraft verloren hat. Entstanden aus zwei Vorträgen...

Elles sont grandes dames ou simples bourgeoises, débutantes ou femmes du monde. Elles vivent à la Renaissance, en pleine Révolution française, au début ou à la fin du XIXe siècle. Le plus souvent, elles sont éclipsées par leur père, par leur frère, par leur mari, voire par leur créature. Mais leur point commun n'est pas leur sexe ; c'est le courage avec lequel elles s'élancent dans le vide pour découvrir en vol des espaces inconnus.

A small, dark speck becomes the starting point for a cascade of thought—quiet, precise, wandering. In a room with a fire, a cigarette, and silence thick as dust, a mind drifts from memory to philosophy, from loss to structure, from trees to snails. Virginia Woolf's voice here is both still and restless, charting the motion of consciousness as it moves without hurry or warning.

In this short story, Virgina Woolf writes about a “steam of consciousness” of a person enjoying music. Our narrator hears a string quartet and is entranced by the players, their movements, and their song.

Un mercoledì di metà giugno del 1923, Clarissa Dalloway esce per comprare dei fiori per la festa che si terrà la sera. Rivedrà Peter Walsh, l'amante respinto appena tornato dall'India, e l'amica tanto amata, Sally Seton. Per le strade di Londra passeggia anche Septimus Warren Smith, veterano della Prima guerra mondiale. Nulla sembra legarli, eppure i due, senza mai incontrarsi, comunicano.

A Room of One's Own è un saggio della celebre autrice inglese Virginia Woolf. Fu pubblicato nel 1929 e si è basato su due conferenze tenute a ai due college femminili di Newnham e Girton, dell'Università di Cambridge, nel 1928. Il saggio, scorrevole e brillante, ripercorre la storia della scrittura nelle donne, e la storia delle donne, e la storia della scrittura. Pertanto è rivolto, oltre che alle donne, anche a tutti coloro che vogliono scrivere.

Presented here are 3 short works by Virginia Woolf, each a unique consideration of the work of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. The essays included are: The Father: Woolf's ruminations of family and, particularly, the father within the works of Dostoyevsky. More Dostoyevsky: Further thoughts on Dostoyevsky's work, an author of whom she once wrote “It is directly obvious that he is the greatest writer ever born." In Cranford: A comedic exploration of Dostoyevsky's work where Woolf transplants the great master into English provincial life to explore the unique nature of his work and the English nature.

“Ho l’idea che dovrò inventare un nuovo nome per i miei libri, con cui sostituire romanzo”. È il 27 giugno 1925, la scrittrice è pronta per il suo nuovo libro. Ne conosce già il nome proprio, ma non ne conosce il genere, né il nome comune. Ne anticipa però il tono: sarà un’elegia – al Faro. Non ha dubbi riguardo a chi l’elegia sarà dedicata. Quel to è preposizione che in inglese non indica semplicemente un moto a luogo; non è solo il vettore di uno spostamento, un possibile o impossibile approdo al Faro.

The Ported fingers of glass hang downwards. The light slides down the glass, and drops a pool of green. All day long the ten fingers of the lustre drop green upon the marble. The feathers of parakeets their harsh cries sharp blades of palm trees green, too.