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A Room of One's Own (opening)
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great problem of the true nature of woman and the true nature of fiction unsolved.
When a subject is highly controversial, one cannot hope to tell the truth. One can only show how one came to hold whatever opinion one does hold. One can only give one's audience the chance of drawing their own conclusions as they observe the limitations, the prejudices, the idiosyncrasies of the speaker.
Description
Woolf's argument that creative freedom requires material independence.
Meaning
On the conditions — money, space, privacy — that make art possible.
Purpose
From the 1929 essay, based on lectures on women and fiction.
License
public-domain