A Room Of One's Own : The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition

Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one’s own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon. "In Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf details Clarissa Dalloway's preparations for a party of which she is to be hostess, exploring the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Paired here with A Room of One's Own, a masterful and provocative essay on women's role in society"--Publisher description