In this excellent essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of the female nature in the early twentieth century. With the stunning prose and poetic license of a novelist, she makes a plea for freedom, emphasizing that the lack of independent income and the familiar "room of one's own" prevent most women from reaching their full literary potential. As significant as her knowledge and indignation are today, they were just as much when first presented in those sacred lecture halls, "A Room of One's Own" remains a beautiful work of literature and a perceptive analysis of women and their place in the world. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning, cloth-bound, pocket-sized classics with gold foil edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books are ideal gifts or a treat for any literary lover. This edition of "A Room of One's Own" by Virginia Woolf includes an afterword by British art historian Frances Spalding.