I have long been familiair with the general thesis of A room of one's own; a woman needs money and a room of her own to make great art. And I was really interested to see how Woolf had come to write this essay. 

In the beginning the author talks about how she was asked to talk about women and fiction, and at first she was wondering what approach to take. She then takes the reader along around town, visiting several places she hopes will inspire her and give her insight, and at the same time taking you along in her thought process. 

This is one of those books you want to read with a pen poised in your hand, ready to make notes. Both her ideas and her writing make Woolf a writer in a league of her own. 

There is so much wisdom in these pages and you can see how this has become a classic in feminist writing that has been the base for so many of the consequential feminists ideas. Written in the 1920s, it is definitely a book representational of it's  time. But at the same time it is very easy to transfer her ideas and observations to modern day society. 

It's a book of great thinking, but one that seems to be written effortlessly. The writing has this easy, flowing quality to it, where Woolf just takes you along to sea, with thoughts and sentences coming as naturaly as waves on a beach, but never letting you drown. Whenever you read a book by her it is just best to give yourself over to the rhythm of the writing, trusting you are in safe hands. 

A book I suspect I will turn back to time and time again. 

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."