A Room of One's Own Audiobook

" I LOVED this essay! A timly classic to say the least! It has inspired me to become a better writer. Hopefully, one day, I will be getting as much acclaim for my essays as she did. "

" I can't possibly give this book any more than one star, it was the longest 100 pages I've ever read. "

" Realmente me puso a pensar. "

" I like parts of it I read last year for a feminist theory class, and this book is still really good. She really makes us think about what lets us write and be creative. "

" Incredible to think it was written before the 2nd world war - a lot of what she writes still seems relevant today. Very observant and compelling in subject matter as well as how she writes. My first Virginia Woolf, but won't be the last. "

" An optional book to read as part of IB English, and a brilliant book about Woolf's views of women in literature. Beautifully written "

" It took me a chapter to figure out if I might like her writing and I don't think that I do... but now I am curious about her fiction and would like to pick one up and see if I might enjoy it more. "

" Whatever else one may think, this books is a profound source of insights for any one even remotely interested in living the 'literary life!' "

" I read this when I was in high school but I'm re-reading it. "

" Virginia virginia virginia, metaphores like mirrors in rivers. And Hurrah to the high life! "

" - By hook or by crook, I hope that you will possess yourselves of money enough to travel and to idle, to contemplate the future or the past of the world, to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream. "

" She's obviously intelligent and opinionated, but also comes off (to me at least) as a little snobbish. Made some excellent points (androgynous mind, distinction between literary genius and passion, etc) and brought up some other things I want to research a little more. "

" I did enjoy this, but i dont know if any of the rooms i reside in can qualify as 'my own' in the sense she meant... "

" This extended essay based on a series of lectures Virginia Woolf delivered at two women's colleges is the first book I've read by her. I got bogged down in places but was glad I read it since it gave me some new perspectives on age-old problems concerning women's rights. "

" Very much the product of olden style middle class feminism. Certainly worth a read, however it's perspective is quite limited making its eloquent points frustrating at times. "

" Fantastic and snarky. "

" I accidentally bought this for a class in which I had the previous semester's reading list. I'm very glad I did read it, it's a truly amazing work for it's time "

" Difficult to read . . . lots of history . . . but interesting. "

" This is a timeless piece as all (I speak for ALL!) female writers can identify with... "

" Little needs to be said about this book. Virgina Woolf wrote this book in response to a lecture she was asked to give, about women and fiction. While in no way definitive, it certainly is a starting step for anyone interested in the subject. Has some cracking quotes too. "

" If you're in the mood for some somewhat dry yet pertinent prose, this one's for you. Talks about themes important to women of all ages, and Woolf explicates these tough issues well enough for nearly anyone to understand. As I mentioned, though, definitely dry in some places. "

" this thrilled my teenaged heart. I don't dare re-read it for fear of disappointment "

" When I first read "Orlando" as an earnest young feminist, I missed a lot. This is not just a tract on gender and identity (as I thought then) but a witty send-up of everything from sex roles to historiography to Woolf's own intellectual elitism. Lots of fun all the way around. "

" I enjoyed the beginning more than the end and the wit of the book. Not what I expected. "

" This goes on the to re-read list. So imaginative and truthful. I found myself underlining sentences on every other page. "

" Divertente, eccezionale, lirico, canzonatorio, introspettivo.<br/>E' proprio come una vacanza, ha ragione il riassunto sul retro-copertina. "

" I'm giving Orlando five stars because I'm in awe of Woolf's writing and the way she somehow weaved a highly improbable tale into one that became only moderately improbable. I don't know that I actually understood all the layers of the book but I was entranced. Bewildered. Exhilirated! "

" It was something extraordinary, different from what I've read before, but I couldn't say I didn't enjoy it. It was full of surprises. "

" Read for school over a year ago. It may have been because it was an assignment but I had a tough time getting into it, after I got a quarter through though I was hooked. "

" Woolf writes a great sentence, and this is one of the most pleasant books I've read in some time. It sounds like I'm calling it slight; maybe I am. It will probably take a bit of thinking about this book before I've become completely clear on exactly what I think of it. "

" A humorous and powerful account on romanticism, the nature and power of words, and gender as a social construction. "

" This might be my favorite book of all time. I don't think there's a single page that doesn't have notes scribbled in the margins. <br/><br/>Boldly questions our conceptions of gender, time and &quot;propriety,&quot; with prose as beautiful as a painting. "