A Room of One's Own vs Writing a woman's life: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Femmes, Histoire et critique, Authorship, History and criticism
A Room of One's Own
A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at…
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Writing a woman's life
“THIS IS the true story of a woman who was born exactly a century before Freud published The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.”
Drawing on the experience of celebrated women, from George Sand and Virginia Woolf to Dorothy Sayers and Adrienne Rich, Heilbrun examines the struggle these writers undertook when their drives made it impossible for…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Room of One's Own has the widest readership — 279118 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| A Room of One's Own | Writing a woman's life | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.2 (279118) | 4.1 (987) |
| Hardcover | 4.1 (415) | — |
| Apple Books | 4.5 (23) | — |
Reception
| A Room of One's Own | Writing a woman's life | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 279118 | 987 |
| Editions | 303 | 8 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | 468176 | 1892 |
| Reading it now | 23098 | 24 |
| Written reviews | 28055 | 97 |
| Wikipedia attention | 13233 | — |
| Pages | 208 | 144 |