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| Title | : | Three Guineas |
| Author | : | Virginia Woolf |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | annotated |
| Pages | : | Pages: 352 pages |
| Published | : | July 3rd 2006 by Mariner Books (first published June 1938) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Classics. Feminism. Writing. Essays |
Virginia Woolf
Paperback | Pages: 352 pages Rating: 3.88 | 3091 Users | 201 Reviews
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The author received three separate requests for a gift of one guinea-one for a women’s 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.Particularize Books Concering Three Guineas
| Original Title: | Three Guineas |
| ISBN: | 0156031639 (ISBN13: 9780156031639) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.88 From 3091 Users | 201 ReviewsEvaluation About Books Three Guineas
After reading most of Virginia Woolf novels (except for one) I have decided to move on to her non-fiction works. Wasn't really a fan of this topic, I mean it was interesting, but if it was written by someone else I wouldn't bother to read Three Guineas.This is long essay about giving women the right to have a good college education to maybe prevent wars from starting or giving anyone the proper education to see that war is bad. Woolf herself was a feminist and she was against wars. She didn'tA book published in 1938 about how to prevent war. Needless to say, desired results were not achieved. Still, some interesting opinions on the role of women in society.
Therefore if you insist upon fighting to protect me, or our country, let it be understood, soberly and rationally between us, that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits which I have not shared and probably will not share; but not to gratify my instincts, or to protect either myself or my country. For, the outsider will say, in fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.Powerful stuff.
Without a hint of a doubt, my favourite, most cherished book of VW. i would go as far to say that this is, in fact, my favourite book ever and the best book I ever read.It should be read at school instead of Mrs Dalloway, and that would change the (totally wrong and unfair) negative opinion many have on this writer. Three guineas is a a cry, a prayer, and a strong affirmation of equality between men and women and of the right to education, and an amazing song of love for all women of all times.
I dont think words can express how much I love Virginia Woolf. In my opinion, she was one of the greatest minds to ever walk this earth and everyone should read her work. Three Guineas is no exception.Even though a couple of her arguments are a little dated, since (even though it sometimes doesnt feel like it) women have more rights today than they did back then, but the majority of the book still applies to todays society.Basically, this book is Woolfs response to a letter she received from a
I read this book in college, and fell in love with it. I love her almost anthropological analysis of men, education, and war - the decorations of university students in robes compared to the medals and uniforms in the military, how ornamentation and pride play a role in the cause of war. Woolf's nonfiction writing has more of an appeal to me; in these works, she uses her observations and descriptive writing to convince an audience.
Three Guineas could be seen as a companion piece to A Room of Ones Own. The main points of view here women, education, and the need for women to be economically independent. Published in 1938 as Europe drifted towards war with the rise of fascism in Europe, the question Woolf explains in Three Guineas is how women can prevent war when they are excluded from education, the professions, and the public sphere. The title Three Guineas derives from Woolf pondering whether she should support three
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