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1、AROOMOFONESOWN[*ThisessayisbasedupontwopapersreadtotheArtsSocietyatNewnharnandtheOdtaaatGirtoninOctober1928.Thepapersweretoolongtobereadinfull,andhavesincebeenalteredandexpanded.]ONEBut,youmaysay,weaskedyoutospeakaboutwomenandfiction--what,hasthatgottodowitharoomofone'sow
2、n?Iwilltrytoexplain.WhenyouaskedmetospeakaboutwomenandfictionIsatdownonthebanksofariverandbegantowonderwhatthewordsmeant.TheymightmeansimplyafewremarksaboutFannyBurney;afewmoreaboutJaneAusten;atributetotheBrontësandasketchofHaworthParsonageundersnow;somewitticismsifpossib
3、leaboutMissMitford;arespectfulallusiontoGeorgeEliot;areferencetoMrsGaskellandonewouldhavedone.Butatsecondsightthewordsseemednotsosimple.Thetitlewomenandfictionmightmean,andyoumayhavemeantittomean,womenandwhattheyarelike,oritmightmeanwomenandthefictionthattheywrite;oritmig
4、htmeanwomenandthefictionthatiswrittenaboutthem,oritmightmeanthatsomehowallthreeareinextricablymixedtogetherandyouwantmetoconsidertheminthatlight.ButwhenIbegantoconsiderthesubjectinthislastway,whichseemedthemostinteresting,Isoonsawthatithadonefataldrawback.Ishouldneverbeab
5、letocometoaconclusion.Ishouldneverbeabletofulfilwhatis,Iunderstand,thefirstdutyofalecturertohandyouafteranhour'sdiscourseanuggetofpuretruthtowrapupbetweenthepagesofyournotebooksandkeeponthemantelpieceforever.AllIcoulddowastoofferyouanopinionupononeminorpoint--awomanmustha
6、vemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction;andthat,asyouwillsee,leavesthegreatproblemofthetruenatureofwomanandthetruenatureoffictionunsolved.Ihaveshirkedthedutyofcomingtoaconclusionuponthesetwoquestions--womenandfictionremain,sofarasIamconcerned,unsolvedproblems.Butinor
7、dertomakesomeamendsIamgoingtodowhatIcantoshowyouhowIarrivedatthisopinionabouttheroomandthemoney.IamgoingtodevelopinyourpresenceasfullyandfreelyasIcanthetrainofthoughtwhichledmetothinkthis.PerhapsifIlaybaretheideas,theprejudices,thatliebehindthisstatementyouwillfindthatthe
8、yhavesomebearinguponwomenandsomeuponfiction.Atanyrate,whenasubjectishighlycontroversial--andanyq
