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1、ASELECTIONOFESSAYSBYVIRGINIAWOOLF(1882-‐1941)CONTENTSPersonalIdentityandtheWritingProcessProfessionsforWomen1DescriptionStreetHaunting:ALondonAdventure3TallandHouse,fromASketchofthePast8CharacterizationOnaFaithfulFriend1322HydeParkGate14NarrationTheDeathoftheMoth21Comparison/Cont
2、rastAmIaSnob?22CriticalAnalysisTheCinema30Craftsmanship33HowShouldOneReadaBook?35PROFESSIONSFORWOMEN1Whenyoursecretaryinvitedmetocomehere,shetoldmethatyourSocietyisconcernedwiththeemploymentofwomenandshesuggestedthatImighttellyousomethingaboutmyownprofessionalexperiences.Itistru
3、eIamawoman;itistrueIamemployed;butwhatprofessionalexperienceshaveIhad?Itisdifficulttosay.Myprofessionisliterature;andinthatprofessiontherearefewerexperiencesforwomenthaninanyother,withtheexceptionofthestage—fewer,Imean,thatarepeculiartowomen.Fortheroadwascutmanyyearsago—byFannyBu
4、rney,byAphraBehn,byHarrietMartineau,byJaneAusten,byGeorgeEliot2—manyfamouswomen,andmanymoreunknownandforgotten,havebeenbeforeme,makingthepathsmooth,andregulatingmysteps.Thus,whenIcametowrite,therewereveryfewmaterialobstaclesinmyway.Writingwasareputableandharmlessoccupation.Thefam
5、ilypeacewasnotbrokenbythescratchingofapen.Nodemandwasmadeuponthefamilypurse.FortenandsixpenceonecanbuypaperenoughtowritealltheplaysofShakespeare—ifonehasamindthatway.Pianosandmodels,Paris,ViennaandBerlin,mastersandmistresses,arenotneededbyawriter.Thecheapnessofwritingpaperis,ofco
6、urse,thereasonwhywomenhavesucceededaswritersbeforetheyhavesucceededintheotherprofessions.Buttotellyoumystory—itisasimpleone.Youhaveonlygottofiguretoyourselvesagirlinabedroomwithapeninherhand.Shehadonlytomovethatpenfromlefttoright—fromteno’clocktoone.Thenitoccurredtohertodowhatiss
7、impleandcheapenoughafterall—toslipafewofthosepagesintoanenvelope,fixapennystampinthecorner,anddroptheenvelopeintotheredboxatthecorner.ItwasthusthatIbecameajournalist;andmyeffortwasrewardedonthefirstdayofthefollowingmonth—averygloriousdayitwasforme—byaletterfromaneditorcontaininga
8、chequeforonepoundtenshillingsandsixpence
