Una habitación propia ; Tres guineas

This edition brings together two emblematic essays by Virginia Woolf on the feminine condition, which marked the outbreak of the feminist movement. The essay A Own Room (1929), considered a classic in feminist criticism studies, brings to the table themes that are still awakened today by debates such as the economic dependence of women on men, the care of a family and the figure of the woman as the inspiring muse of the artist but with little presence in the practice of creativity. The famous sentence that has been quoted in countless studies, "a woman must have money and her own room if she is going to write fiction", is a sample of the evolution of her feminist thought. In Tres guineas (1938) Woolf recovers the issue of the independence of women, analyzing in depth the discrimination of which she is a victim, and claims the right to have the same education and opportunities as men. The underlying message is that only in this way would a rational and peaceful world be achieved, where a lady could freely answer any question. These two texts can be read together to the extent that Tres guineas can be considered as an elaboration of the themes that were already raised in A Room of Your Own. Both have a lot to say and many of the issues outlined are still valid, since Western women are free to speak, express opinions and own their own room, but on many occasions they have not learned to listen to them.