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A Life of One's Own: A Guide to Original Living Through the Work and Wisdom of Virginia Woolf

by Ilana Simons

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the tradition of How Proust Can Change Your Life, a unique handbook for using the brilliance of Virginia Woolf to enhance everyday life

One of the most admired writers of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf is as popular now as she ever was. In this remarkable book, award-winning professor Ilana R. Simons plumbs the depths of Woolf's words and career, drawing on them to produce a lively and accessible guide to more fulfilling, more original living inspired by one of literature's greatest observers of human nature. The result, beautifully packaged, is almost worthy of Woolf herself.

Chapter headings include:

Accept Solitude

Take on Challenging Friendships

Change Routine

Lie to Encourage Your Friends

Read and Be More

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Award-winning professor Simons plumbs the depths of Virginia Woolfs words and career, drawing on them to produce a lively and accessible guide to more fulfilling, more original living inspired by one of literatures greatest observers of human nature.

About the Author

Ilana R. Simons teaches at The New School in New York City. A recipient of the Willy Gorrissen Award for Teaching Excellence and the Molberger Fellowship for modernist scholarship, she is in training as a clinical psychologist.

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This book is a gift. You don't have to have read Virginia Woolf to get a lot out of it. It's deep, short, smart, and sweet.
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ISBN:
9780143112259
Subtitle:
A Guide to Original Living Through the Work and Wisdom of Virginia Woolf
Author:
Simons, Ilana
Author:
Simons, Ilana R.
Publisher:
Penguin Books
Subject:
Personal Growth - General
Subject:
Motivational & Inspirational
Subject:
Life skills
Subject:
Woolf, Virginia
Subject:
Appreciation
Subject:
Woolf, Virginia - Appreciation
Publication Date:
September 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
202
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6.50x5.12x.61 in. .46 lbs.

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