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A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf Hardcover Book
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by Virginia Woolf


About this book

A Room of One's Own was first published in October 1929 in the UK and USA alike as a limited edition run of 492 numbered, signed copies.

The first English edition and impression was released three days later with the Vanessa Bell dust jacket, published by Hogarth Press, the Woolfs' own publishing house. The first US edition was published by Harcourt Brace & Co.

From the publisher

The essay was based on two papers Woolf read on 20 and 26 October 1928 to two Cambridge student societies, the Newnham Arts Society at Newnham College and the ODTAA Society at Girton College, respectively. Elsie Duncan-Jones, then known as Elsie Phare, was the president of the Newnham Arts Society at the time and wrote an account of the paper, "Women and Fiction", for the college magazine, Thersites. Woolf stayed at Newnham at the invitation of Pernel Strachey, the college principal, whose family were key members of the Bloomsbury Group. At Girton she was accompanied by Vita Sackville-West.It was published in 1929 as a book with six chapters.

Details

  • Title A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf Hardcover Book
  • Author Virginia Woolf
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 172
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Sahara Publisher Books
  • ISBN 9782491704315 / 2491704315
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.44 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.12 cm)
  • Reading level 1150
  • Dewey Decimal Code 824.912