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Virginia Woolf
„A Room of One´s Own“
Table of contents
1. Virginia Woolf 3
1.1 Biography of Virginia Woolf 3
1.2 Bibliography of Virginia Woolf´s work 4
2. Virginia Woolf on Women and Fiction 4
ŕ „ A Room of One´s Own“
2. ... Virginia Woolf
1.1 Biography of Virginia Woolf
Born Adeline Virginia Stephen in London, England on January 25th 1882.
Adeline Virginia Stephen was the third child of the respected critic Leslie Stephen and his wife Julia. Virginia grew up with 4 half- sisters and 4 half- brothers, because both of her parents were previously married and had children. ... Consequently Virginia got the idea to become a writer. In 1895 her mother Julia Stephen died which caused Virginia to have her first nervous breakdown. In the following years Virginia and one of her sisters were sexually abused by their stepbrothers. In 1904 her father Leslie died from his long illness of cancer and Virginia had her second serious nervous breakdown. ... In 1905 Virginia started writing some book recessions for different magazines and became a renowned author and an influential critic of the “Times Literary Supplement”. ... After having visited lots of different countries she married the writer and journalist Leonard Woolf (1880- 1969) in 1912. But soon she again became mentally unstable and attempted suicide by overdose of veronal, which resulted in Virginia having to stay in a mental home for a while. ... Gradually, her writings became more and more important and Virginia and her husband established their own publishing company “The Hogarth Press”. ... Virginia Woolf`´s 17 books were all published by their company.
During the next years Virginia published lots of novels and worked seriously on the lectures about Women and Fiction. In 1928 she received the “Femina Vie Heureuse” prize for “To the Lighthouse” (1927), a novel which dealt with her life and explained the memories of Virginia’s childhood. ... Furthermore she became extremely ill and during the work on her last novel “Between the Acts” Virginia Woolf drowned herself in the river Ouse (Sussex) in 1941. ... 2 Bibliography of Virginia Woolf´s work
Virginia Woolf is seen as one of the most distinguished English writers of the past century. ... Virginia Woolf on Women and Fiction
Virginia Woolf has written two important political- feminist essays (“A Room of One’s Own” and “Three Guineas”). ... Virginia’s work is an evidence of her intention to remove the traditional settings of realistic novels. ... Concerning the problem of discrimination Virginia wants to show the achievements of women as writers and suggests they write about their experiences. ... ”
“A Room of One’s Own”, for example, was based on lectures that Virginia Woolf gave at two women’s colleges in October 1928. ... As the book was about to be published, Virginia wondered how it would be received:
“I will sum up my impressions before publishing «A Room of One’s Own». ... As Virginia expected, she got letters from young women, who had a new room and were going to write novels because of Virginia’s essay.
Approximate Word count = 2531
Approximate Pages = 10.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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