This is an extended essay put together from 2 letters that Virginia Woolf wrote in response to being asked to speak about โWomen in fictionโ. We see Woolfโs signature stream of consciousness narrative or how Woolf puts it herself, rambling. Thoughts are fleeting in Woolfโs writing. She is always chasing them and taking us along … Continue reading A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Wolf
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Circe by Madeline Miller
Picture courtesy of madelinemiller.com "I was not surprised by the portrait of myself," Circe says, "the proud witch undone before the hero's sword, kneeling and begging for mercy. Humbling women seems to me a chief pastime for poets. As if there can be no story unless we crawl and weep." Circe is referring to the … Continue reading Circe by Madeline Miller


