Synopses & Reviews
The author received three separate requests for a gift of one guinea-one for a womens college building fund, one for a society promoting the employment of professional women, and one to help prevent war and “protect culture, and intellectual liberty.” This book is a threefold answer to these requests-and a statement of feminine purpose.
Synopsis
"Though we see the same world, we see it through different eyes."
Setting out to answer the question "How are we to prevent war?" Virginia Woolf argues that the inequalities between women and men must first be addressed. Framing her arguments in the form of a letter, Woolf wittily ponders to whom--among the many who have requested it--she will donate a guinea. As she works out her reasons for which causes she will support, Woolf articulates a vision of peace and political culture as radical now as it was when first published on the eve of the Second World War. A founding text of cultural theory, Three Guineas can also help us understand the twenty-first-century realities of endless war justified by "unreal loyalties."
"Witty, scornful, deeply serious...If you are a woman, or anti-war, or both, read it."--The New Yorker
Synopsis
Now, some seventy years after its original publication, a film version worthy of Mrs. Dalloway's startling originality and fresh view of a woman's life will be released. Following on the heels of the remarkable film adaptation of Woolf's novel Orlando and Eileen Atkins's smashingly successful performances in A Room of One's Own and Vita and Virginia, Mrs. Dalloway promises to be a rare event for both those familiar with the novel and those who will be meeting Clarissa Dalloway for the first time.
About the Author
VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels.