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1、Aroomofone'sownbyVirginiaWoolfTableofContentsONETWOTHREEFOURFIVESIXVirginiaWoolfAroomofone'sownThisessayisbasedupontwopapersreadtotheArtsSocietyatNewnhamandtheOdtaaatGirtoninOctober1928.Thepapersweretoolongtobereadinfull,andhavesincebeenalteredandexpanded.VirginiaWoolfAroomo
2、fone'sownONEBut,youmaysay,weaskedyoutospeakaboutwomenandfiction—what,hasthatgottodowitharoomofone’sown?Iwilltrytoexplain.WhenyouaskedmetospeakaboutwomenandfictionIsatdownonthebanksofariverandbegantowonderwhatthewordsmeant.TheymightmeansimplyafewremarksaboutFannyBurney;afewmo
3、reaboutJaneAusten;atributetotheBrontësandasketchofHaworthParsonageundersnow;somewitticismsifpossibleaboutMissMitford;arespectfulallusiontoGeorgeEliot;areferencetoMrsGaskellandonewouldhavedone.Butatsecondsightthewordsseemednotsosimple.Thetitlewomenandfictionmightmean,andyouma
4、yhavemeantittomean,womenandwhattheyarelike,oritmightmeanwomenandthefictionthattheywrite;oritmightmeanwomenandthefictionthatiswrittenaboutthem,oritmightmeanthatsomehowallthreeareinextricablymixedtogetherandyouwantmetoconsidertheminthatlight.ButwhenIbegantoconsiderthesubjectin
5、thislastway,whichseemedthemostinteresting,Isoonsawthatithadonefataldrawback.Ishouldneverbeabletocometoaconclusion.Ishouldneverbeabletofulfilwhatis,Iunderstand,thefirstdutyofalecturertohandyouafteranhour’sdiscourseanuggetofpuretruthtowrapupbetweenthepagesofyournotebooksandkee
6、ponthemantelpieceforever.AllIcoulddowastoofferyouanopinionupononeminorpoint—awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction;andthat,asyouwillsee,leavesthegreatproblemofthetruenatureofwomanandthetruenatureoffictionunsolved.Ihaveshirkedthedutyofcomingtoaconclusionupon
7、thesetwoquestions—womenandfictionremain,sofarasIamconcerned,unsolvedproblems.ButinordertomakesomeamendsIamgoingtodowhatIcantoshowyouhowIarrivedatthisopinionabouttheroomandthemoney.IamgoingtodevelopinyourpresenceasfullyandfreelyasIcanthetrainofthoughtwhichledmetothinkthis.Per
8、hapsifIlaybaretheideas,theprejudices,thatliebehindthisstatementyouwillfindt
