The Common Reader - First Series (1925)

In "The Common Reader - First Series," Virginia Woolf presents a collection of essays that illuminate her views on literature and the act of reading. Written with her signature modernist flair, these essays bridge the gap between popular and highbrow literary discourse, exploring works from various authors such as Jane Austen and Charles Dickens. Woolf's prose is characterized by its introspective depth and lyrical quality, offering readers a nuanced appreciation of the literary landscape. The context of the early 20th century—marked by burgeoning feminist thought and a reevaluation of cultural norms—profoundly influences her reflections on literature's role in society. Virginia Woolf, a central figure in the modernist movement and a member of the Bloomsbury Group, brought her unique perspectives on gender, art, and society into her writing. Her advocacy for women's voices in literature, fostered by her own experiences as a groundbreaking female author, informs the insightfulness of "The Common Reader." Woolf's keen analytical eye and empathetic understanding of literature's impact on both individuals and communities further enrich this collection, allowing her to dissect cultural landmarks with remarkable clarity. This collection is highly recommended for readers seeking a deeper appreciation of literature's cultural significance and its interconnectedness with personal identity. Woolf's elegant prose and perceptive analyses invite readers to expand their literary horizons, making "The Common Reader - First Series" an essential read for both scholars and casual readers alike.


  1. To the Lighthouse

    Virginia Woolf

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  2. Et eget rom

    Virginia Woolf

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  3. A Room of One's Own

    Virginia Woolf

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  4. On Being Ill

    Virginia Woolf

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  5. Mrs Dalloway

    Virginia Woolf

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  6. De dro til fyret

    Virginia Woolf

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  7. Orlando : A Biography

    Virginia Woolf

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  8. 50 Klassiker des Feminismus - Bücher, die man kennen muss

    Kate Chopin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf, Charlotte Brontë, George Sand, Louisa May Alcott, Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Victor Hugo, Daniel Defoe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Wilhelmine von Hillern, Adalbert Stifter, Luise Ahlborn, George Eliot, Lou Andreas-Salomé, D. H. Lawrence, Henry James, Margaret Mitchell, Edith Wharton, Miles Franklin, Willa Cather, Leo Tolstoi, Henrik Ibsen, Elizabeth Gaskell, Nikolai Semjonowitsch Leskow, Theodore Dreiser, Elizabeth von Arnim, Colette, Emmeline Pankhurst, Louise Aston, Bertha von Suttner, Hedwig Dohm, Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Matilda Joslyn Gage, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Hardy, Sinclair Lewis, Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett, Anne Brontë

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  9. Orlando

    Virginia Woolf

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  10. The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume II: 1920-1924

    Virginia Woolf

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  11. 100 Obras Maestras de la Literatura Universal : Explorando la diversidad literaria a lo largo de los siglos

    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Kafka, Lewis Carroll, Sigmund Freud, Henrik Ibsen, Charles Dickens, Honoré de Balzac, Mark Twain, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Schiller, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Oscar Wilde, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Allan Poe, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Giovanni Boccaccio, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, Emily Brontë, Jack London, Henry James, Louisa May Alcott, Victor Hugo, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Conrad, Jane Austen, José Rizal, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Herman Melville, Jonathan Swift, Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Benito Pérez Galdós, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Daniel Defoe, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Virginia Woolf, Washington Irving, Juan Valera, Horacio Quiroga, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Baudelaire, Wilkie Collins, William Makepeace Thackeray, Voltaire, Apuleius, Leopoldo Alas, John Milton, José Martí, Lope de Vega, Emilio Salgari, Francisco de Quevedo, Rubén Darío, Antonio Machado, José Zorrilla, Tirso de Molina, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Fernando de Rojas, L. Frank Baum, H.G. Wells, J.M. Barrie, H. Rider Haggard, H.P. Lovecraft, Seneca, Hans Christian Andersen, Friedrich Nietzsche, Mary Shelley, Baltasar Gracián, Sófocles, Sun Tzu, Fiódor Dostoyevski, Antón Chéjov, León Tolstoi, Tomás Moro, San Agustín, Nikolái Gógol, Julio Verne, Homero, Platón, Alejandro Dumas, Aristóteles, Hermanos Grimm, Jorge Isaacs, Ignacio De Loyola, Nicolás Maquiavelo, Miguel Cervantes, Teresa de Jesús, Alejandro Dumas hijo, Mijaíl Bakunin, Miguel De Unamuno, Duque de Rivas, Ramón María del Valle-Inclán, Federico García Lorca, Gibrán Jalil Gibrán

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  12. Mrs. Dalloway

    Virginia Woolf

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