Not that it's not important, just nothing to my interest. I also skimmed the chapter long notes page. It's not Woolf's fault at all, but there was no table of contents or index which I think would help this book.

I wasn't a fan of how this edition was set up either. She never had the money for an education and she read books above her age limit as a girl. She didn't like seeing soldiers coming back with all these issues they never had before war (Mrs. Woolf herself was a feminist and she was against wars. This is long essay about giving women the right to have a good college education to maybe prevent wars from starting or giving anyone the proper education to see that war is bad. Wasn't really a fan of this topic, I mean it was interesting, but if it was written by someone else I wouldn't bother to read Three Guineas. ( )Īfter reading most of Virginia Woolf novels (except for one) I have decided to move on to her non-fiction works. She also gives David Foster Wallace a run for his money in the funny footnote department. Often seen as a companion piece to A Room of One's Own, Woolf's take-down of the patriarchy and her understanding of its impact on the lives of women continue to feel fresh and vibrant.

Written on the brink of World War II, and mere decades after British women had won the right to vote, to get an education, and to enter the professions, the arguments feel like more than just an intellectual exercise - there is really something at stake here. Backed up by numerous quotations from newspapers, biographies, and diaries/letters, Woolf weaves a compelling, logical, and witty response to her requestors. Before sending him her guinea, though Woolf explores how she, as an 'educated man's daughter' could most effectively help the pacifist cause while also mulling over requests from two other honorary treasurers raising money for women's education and for support in women entering the professions. Here Woolf charmingly responds to the honorary treasurer of an anti-war organization who wants her to donate to and join their cause. Three Guineas is the other half of the novel-essay conceived by Virginia Woolf that ultimately split apart into a novel (The Years) and an essay-length book (Three Guineas).

Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf