Mrs. Woolf and the Servants
An Intimate History of Domestic Life in Bloomsbury
Biography & Memoir, Literary, Nonfiction, History
| Author: | Alison Light | ISBN: | 9781608192427 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing | Publication: | June 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alison Light |
| ISBN: | 9781608192427 |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Publication: | June 15, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Press |
| Language: | English |
When Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One's Own in 1929, she established her reputation as a feminist, and an advocate for unheard voices. But like thousands of other upper-class British women, Woolf relied on live-in domestic servants for the most intimate of daily tasks. That room of Woolf's own was kept clean by a series of cooks and maids throughout her life. In the much-praised Mrs. Woolf and the Servants, Alison Light probes the unspoken inequality of Bloomsbury homes with insight and grace, and provides an entirely new perspective on an essential modern artist.
When Virginia Woolf wrote A Room of One's Own in 1929, she established her reputation as a feminist, and an advocate for unheard voices. But like thousands of other upper-class British women, Woolf relied on live-in domestic servants for the most intimate of daily tasks. That room of Woolf's own was kept clean by a series of cooks and maids throughout her life. In the much-praised Mrs. Woolf and the Servants, Alison Light probes the unspoken inequality of Bloomsbury homes with insight and grace, and provides an entirely new perspective on an essential modern artist.
