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2663768Three Guineashttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/three-guineas-9789176056790/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3752190/e9785b90-5aa5-41e6-849e-12e66e1152a0.jpg?v=6383858217674000002727MXNAnncona MediaInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>Three Guineas</strong> is a book-length essay by Virginia Woolf, published in June 1938.</p><p>Although <em>Three Guineas</em> is a work of non-fiction, it was initially conceived as a "novel-essay" which would tie up the loose ends left in her earlier work, <em>A Room of Ones Own</em>. The book was to alternate between fictive narrative chapters and non-fiction essay chapters, demonstrating Woolfs views on war and women in both types of writing at once. This unfinished manuscript was published in 1937 as <em>The Pargiters</em>.</p><p>When Woolf realised the idea of a "novel-essay" wasnt working, she separated the two parts. The non-fiction portion became <em>Three Guineas</em>. The fiction portion became Woolfs most popular novel during her lifetime, <em>The Years</em>, which charts social change from 1880 to the time of publication through the lives of the Pargiter family. It was so popular, in fact, that pocket-sized editions of the novel were published for soldiers as leisure reading during World War II.</p><p>The entire essay is structured as a response to an educated gentleman who has written a letter asking Woolf to join his efforts to help prevent war.</p><p>Woolf wrote the essay to answer three questions, each from a different society:</p><ol><li><p>From an anti-war society: "How should war be prevented?"</p></li><li><p>From a womens college building fund: "Why does the government not support education for women?" (Actually, the fund was a metaphor for family private funds to send the "boys of the family" to college and not the women.)</p></li><li><p>From a society promoting employment of professional women: "Why are women not allowed to engage in professional work?"</p></li></ol><p><strong>Adeline Virginia Woolf</strong> (1882-1941) was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.</p><p>During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.</p><p>Her most famous works include the novels <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em> (1925), <em>To the Lighthouse</em> (1927), and <em>Orlando</em> (1928), and the book-length essay <em>A Room of Ones Own</em> (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."</p>...2599800Three Guineas2727https://www.gandhi.com.mx/three-guineas-9789176056790/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3752190/e9785b90-5aa5-41e6-849e-12e66e1152a0.jpg?v=638385821767400000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20169789176056790_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_<p><strong>Three Guineas</strong> is a book-length essay by Virginia Woolf, published in June 1938.</p><p>Although <em>Three Guineas</em> is a work of non-fiction, it was initially conceived as a "novel-essay" which would tie up the loose ends left in her earlier work, <em>A Room of One's Own</em>. The book was to alternate between fictive narrative chapters and non-fiction essay chapters, demonstrating Woolf's views on war and women in both types of writing at once. This unfinished manuscript was published in 1937 as <em>The Pargiters</em>.</p><p>When Woolf realised the idea of a "novel-essay" wasn't working, she separated the two parts. The non-fiction portion became <em>Three Guineas</em>. The fiction portion became Woolf's most popular novel during her lifetime, <em>The Years</em>, which charts social change from 1880 to the time of publication through the lives of the Pargiter family. It was so popular, in fact, that pocket-sized editions of the novel were published for soldiers as leisure reading during World War II.</p><p>The entire essay is structured as a response to an educated gentleman who has written a letter asking Woolf to join his efforts to help prevent war.</p><p>Woolf wrote the essay to answer three questions, each from a different society:</p><ol><li><p>From an anti-war society: "How should war be prevented?"</p></li><li><p>From a women's college building fund: "Why does the government not support education for women?" (Actually, the fund was a metaphor for family private funds to send the "boys of the family" to college and not the women.)</p></li><li><p>From a society promoting employment of professional women: "Why are women not allowed to engage in professional work?"</p></li></ol><p><strong>Adeline Virginia Woolf</strong> (1882-1941) was an English author, essayist, publisher, and writer of short stories, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures of the twentieth century.</p><p>During the interwar period, Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group.</p><p>Her most famous works include the novels <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em> (1925), <em>To the Lighthouse</em> (1927), and <em>Orlando</em> (1928), and the book-length essay <em>A Room of One's Own</em> (1929), with its famous dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."</p>9789176056790_Anncona Medialibro_electonico_b01e0a8a-6795-3236-a50b-7a4fe38780ad_9789176056790;9789176056790_9789176056790Virginia WoolfInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/axiellmedia-epub-71bb32fe-6227-4ad3-b8a9-52d82d716556.epub2016-01-07T00:00:00+00:00Anncona Media