A Room of One's Own

A collectible hardcover edition of Virginia Woolf’s pioneering work of feminism, “probably the most influential piece of non-fictional writing by a woman in [the twentieth] century” (Hermione Lee), featuring a new introduction by Xochitl Gonzalez, Pulitzer Prize finalist and A Penguin Vitae Edition In October 1928, Virginia Woolf delivered a series of lectures to the two women’s colleges at Cambridge University, and the result was thus:

About the author

Virginia Woolf (1882–1941), one of the great twentieth-century authors, was at the center of the Bloomsbury Group and is a major figure in the history of literary feminism and modernism. She published her first novel, The Voyage Out, in 1915, and between 1925 and 1931 produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces, including Mrs. Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and The Waves (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism, short fiction, journalism, and biography, including the playfully subversive Orlando (1928) and the passionate feminist essay A Room of One's Own (1929).

Xochitl Gonzalez (introduction) is the author of the New York Times bestseller Olga Dies Dreaming and the Reese’s Book Club pick Anita de Monte Laughs Last. She was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her essays in The Atlantic.

Product details

• Authors: Michele Barrett, Michèle Barrett, Xochitl Gonzalez, Virginia Woolf
• Assisted by: Michèle Barrett (Editor), Xochitl Gonzalez (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.06.2025
• EAN: 9780143138891
• ISBN: 978-0-14-313889-1
• No. of pages: 144
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 204 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Penguin Vitae
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, HISTORY / Women, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, Feminism & feminist theory, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Feminism and feminist theory, Gender studies: women and girls, Anthologies