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A Room of One’s Own (1929) has become a classic feminist essay and perhaps Virginia Woolf’s best known work; The Voyage Out (1915) is highly significant as her first novel. Both focus on the place of women within the power structures of modern society. The essay lays bare the woman artist’s struggle for a voice, since throughout history she has been denied the social and economic independence assumed by men. Woolf’s prescription is clear: if a woman is to find creative expression equal to a man’s, she must have an independent income, and a room of her own. This is both an acute analysis and a spirited rallying cry; it remains surprisingly resonant and relevant in the 21st century. The novel explores these issues more personally, through the character of Rachel Vinrace, a young woman whose ‘voyage out’ to South America opens up powerful encounters with her fellow-travellers, men and women

Ряду книг удалось повлиять на ход истории. Они изменили наше восприятие самих себя и окружающих нас людей. Они вызвали жаркие дискуссии, непримиримые разногласия, а также войны и революции. Такие книги даровали просвещение и утешение, провоцировали и выводили себя; они наполняли наши жизни смыслом…и разрушали их • Издательство Penguin предлагает вниманию читателей работы величайших философов, революционеров, первопроходцев и визионеров, чьи идеи потрясли нашу цивилизацию и сделали нас теми, кто мы есть • Книга на английском языке • Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted

Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков

«Своя комната» Вирджинии Вулф – это одно из самых влиятельных феминистских эссе XX века, основанное на лекциях писательницы в Ньюнэме и Гёртоне, двух женских колледжах при Кэмбрдижском университете в 1928 году. Эссе было опубликовано годом позже. Вирджиния Вулф рассуждает на тему ограничений, с которыми приходилось сталкиваться женщинам в начале XX века. Под «своей комнатой» она одновременно подразумевает и физическое, и метафорическое пространство, в котором нуждаются писательницы, чтобы обрести независимость от мужчин • Книга на английском языке • A Room of One's Own is the one of the most prolific and pertinent feminist essays of the 20th century. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures Woolf delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928

«Своя комната» – это знаменитое эссе Вирджинии Вулф, основанное на ее выступлении в Кембриджском университете, настоящий призыв к борьбе за независимость и признание женщин-писательниц в современном ей обществе. В своей работе Вулф углубляется в историю женской литературы и в то же время затрагивает и политические аспекты, отвечая на нападки критиков-реакционеров. В эссе также есть элементы художественного вымысла, например, знаменитые рассуждения о судьбе вымышленной сестры Шекспира. «Своя комната» позволяет современному читателю понять, как сильно изменилось положение женщин в обществе за последние сто лет, а также оценить, какие проблемы остаются актуальными и по сей день • Книга на английском языке • Based on lectures given at Cambridge colleges and first published by the Hogarth Press in 1929, A Room of One’s Own is an extended essay about the predicament of female writers and a stirring call for autonomy and recognition

«Своя комната» – это знаменитое эссе Вирджинии Вулф, посвященное ограничениям, с которым женщины сталкивались в патриархальном обществе XX века. С поразительной прозаической и поэтической вольностью Вулф рассуждает о женской свободе, подчеркивая, что именно отсутствие независимого дохода и «своей комнаты» мешает большинству женщин раскрыть свой творческий потенциал • Эссе писательницы по сей день не теряет своей актуальности и является одним из лучших литературных произведений, посвященных проблемам женщин и их положению в обществе. «Своя комната» станет прекрасным подарком для поклонников творчества писательницы • Книга на английском языке • In this extraordinary essay, Virginia Woolf examines the limitations of womanhood in the early twentieth century

The extraordinary story of how China became the powerful country it is today • Even at the high noon of Europe's empire-building China nonetheless kept its sovereignty. Robert Bickers' major new book is the first to describe fully what has proved to be one of the modern era's most important stories: the long, often agonizing process by which the Chinese had by the end of the 20th century regained control of their own country. Out of China uses a brilliant array of unusual, strange and vivid sources to recreate a now fantastically remote world. Today Chinese nationalism stays firmly rooted in memories of its degraded past - the quest for self-sufficiency, the determination to assert China's standing in the world, to stake its outstanding territorial claims, and never to be vulnerable to renewed attack

The seventh heart-warming, uplifting instalment in the much-loved Railway Girls series is available to pre-order now! • Manchester, 1943 • Emily is enjoying her new job as a station porter until she learns that a trusted friend at work may be involved in something underhand • Persephone's romance with Matt is blossoming - but can two people from such different walks of life really make a go of it? • All is going well with wedding planning for Mabel until someone divulges a secret about Harry, which could threaten their future • As war rages around them, the railway girls must face their own battles. With the support of one another, will they make the right decisions when it comes to matters of the heart?

In this remarkable memoir of love, loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her eye to another fascinating literary life: her own. She tells of a wartime childhood, Cambridge friendships and an early marriage to a brilliant journalist. After his sudden death in a war zone, Claire is left to raise their four children alone - all while leading a trail-blazing career in literary London • A Life of My Own is the tale of a woman overcoming obstacles both rare and routine to live not only a good but also a meaningful life

A haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism • Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning, not only of his own nature and values, but also those of western civilisation • Part of a major series of new editions of Conrad's most famous works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains Conrad's Congo Diary, a chronology, further reading, notes, a map of the Congo, a glossary and an introduction discussing the author's experiences in Africa, the narrative and symbolic complexities of Heart of Darkness and critical responses to the novel

Framed as a letter from the Roman Emperor Hadrian to his successor, Marcus Aurelius, Marguerite Yourcenar's Memoirs of Hadrian is translated from the French by Grace Frick with an introduction by Paul Bailey in Penguin Modern Classics • In her magnificent novel, Marguerite Yourcenor recreates the life and death of one of the great rulers of the ancient world. The Emperor Hadrian, aware his demise is imminent, writes a long valedictory letter to Marcus Aurelius, his future successor. The Emperor meditates on his past, describing his accession, military triumphs, love of poetry and music, and the philosophy that informed his powerful and far-flung rule. A work of superbly detailed research and sustained empathy, Memoirs of Hadrian captures the living spirit of the Emperor and of Ancient Rome

A classic of Italian literature, this epic and unforgettable novel recounts one man's long and turbulent life in revolutionary Italy • At the age of eighty-three and nearing death, Carlo Altoviti has decided to write down the confessions of his long life. He remembers everything, from his unhappy childhood in the kitchens of the Castle of Fratta to revolutionary fighting in Naples and romantic entanglements during the siege of Genoa. Throughout, Carlo lives only for his twin passions in life: his dream of a unified, free Italy and his undying love for the magnificent but inconstant Pisana. Peopled by a host of unforgettable characters - including drunken smugglers, saintly nuns, scheming priests, Napoleon and Lord Byron - this is an epic historical novel that tells the remarkable and inseparable stories of one man's life and the history of Italy's unification