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1、VirginiaWoolfAroomofone'sownONEBut,youmaysay,weaskedyoutospeakaboutwomenandfiction—what,hasthatgottodowitharoomofone’sown?Iwilltrytoexplain.WhenyouaskedmetospeakaboutwomenandfictionIsatdownonthebanksofariverandbegantowonderwhatthewordsmeant.Theymightmeansi
2、mplyafewremarksaboutFannyBurney;afewmoreaboutJaneAusten;atributetotheBrontësandasketchofHaworthParsonageundersnow;somewitticismsifpossibleaboutMissMitford;arespectfulallusiontoGeorgeEliot;areferencetoMrsGaskellandonewouldhavedone.Butatsecondsightthewordsse
3、emednotsosimple.Thetitlewomenandfictionmightmean,andyoumayhavemeantittomean,womenandwhattheyarelike,oritmightmeanwomenandthefictionthattheywrite;oritmightmeanwomenandthefictionthatiswrittenaboutthem,oritmightmeanthatsomehowallthreeareinextricablymixedtoget
4、herandyouwantmetoconsidertheminthatlight.ButwhenIbegantoconsiderthesubjectinthislastway,whichseemedthemostinteresting,Isoonsawthatithadonefataldrawback.Ishouldneverbeabletocometoaconclusion.Ishouldneverbeabletofulfilwhatis,Iunderstand,thefirstdutyofalectur
5、ertohandyouafteranhour’sdiscourseanuggetofpuretruthtowrapupbetweenthepagesofyournotebooksandkeeponthemantelpieceforever.AllIcoulddowastoofferyouanopinionupononeminorpoint—awomanmusthavemoneyandaroomofherownifsheistowritefiction;andthat,asyouwillsee,leavest
6、hegreatproblemofthetruenatureofwomanandthetruenatureoffictionunsolved.Ihaveshirkedthedutyofcomingtoaconclusionuponthesetwoquestions—womenandfictionremain,sofarasIamconcerned,unsolvedproblems.ButinordertomakesomeamendsIamgoingtodowhatIcantoshowyouhowIarrive
7、datthisopinionabouttheroomandthemoney.IamgoingtodevelopinyourpresenceasfullyandfreelyasIcanthetrainofthoughtwhichledmetothinkthis.PerhapsifIlaybaretheideas,theprejudices,thatliebehindthisstatementyouwillfindthattheyhavesomebearinguponwomenandsomeuponfictio
8、n.Atanyrate,whenasubjectishighlycontroversial—andanyquestionaboutsexisthat—onecannothopetotellthetruth.Onecanonlyshowhowonecametoholdwhateveropiniononedoeshold.Onecanonlygiveone’saudiencethechanceofdrawingthe
