Virginia Woolf

Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one's own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon.

The annotated edition of the renowned author's last novel: a tale of an English village celebrating the nation's history as WWII looms.
Between the Acts takes place on a June day in 1939 at Pointz Hall, the Oliver family's country house in the heart of England. In the garden, everyone from the village has gathered to present the annual pageant—scenes from the history of England starting with the Middle Ages. As the story of England unfolds,...

The annotated, authorized edition of one of the great literary masterpieces of the twentieth century with commentary by leading Virginia Woolf scholar Mark Hussey.

From the seemingly trivial postponement of a visit to a nearby lighthouse, Woolf constructs a remarkable, moving examination of the complex tensions and allegiances of family life and conflict between men and women.

To the Lighthouse

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"Begun as a "joke, " Orlando is Virginia Woolf's fantastical biography of a poet who first appears as a sixteen-year-old boy at the court of Elizabeth I, and is left at the novel's end a married woman in the year 1928. Part love letter to Vita Sackville-West, part exploration of the art of biography, Orlando is one of Woolf's most popular and entertaining works. This new annotated edition will deepen readers' understanding of Woolf's brilliant creation."--from...

"In the aftermath of World War I, Clarissa Dalloway is an upper-class politician's wife, who longs for the carefree, impassioned days of her youth. Her marriage to a sensible man gives her many opportunities to socialize and progress in society, but this practicality also prevented her from following other romantic and personal passions. These old regrets come to new light as Clarissa is reintroduced to Peter Walsh, a man she loved-and who had proposed...

Clarissa Dalloway es una mujer de cincuenta y dos ąos de la alta sociedad londinense, casada con un diputado conservador del parlamento brit̀nico y madre de una hija adolescente. Un d̕a de junio de 1923, se prepara para dar una fiesta en su casa aquella misma noche. All̕ se rencontrar̀ con amigos que hace muchos ąos que no ve. Mientras pasea por las calles londinenses ultimando los preparativos, Clarissa se encuentra inmersa en sus propios recuerdos...

"Una Habitación Propia" esconde la reflexión que la autora hizo para un ciclo de conferencias sobre la literatura y la mujer. El ensayo recorre la historia literaria de la mujeres, cuyo fin último es el de reivindicar para el género femenino la posibilidad de ser admitido en una cultura que hasta entonces se había mostrado como uso exclusivo de los hombres, en una sociedad inglesa de una pronunciada idiosincrasia patriarcal.En "Una habitación...

"At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better life: a free college education if they would come play for his basketball team, the Cardinals. Despite their fears of leaving home and the sacrifices...

The second of CSA Word's popular women's short story collections

This excellent production lifts the curtain on some forgotten stories – The Scotsman

The Best of Women's Short Stories, Volume 2 is a celebration of iconic female writers from the 19th and 20th centuries; featuring eight full-length stories relating the many experiences and complexities of womanhood. This collection brings together stories...

From haunting ghost stories to classic fairy tales, Going Public ... In Shorts! is a collection of forty classic and lesser-known works by history's greatest writers.

Among the stories included are "The Death of a Government Clerk," Anton Chekhov's defining vignette; "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," Mark Twain's comedic story that earned him national fame; "The Gift of the Magi," O. Henry's masterful Christmastime

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