TED-ED: Why should you read Virginia Woolf? - Iseult Gillespie

The video explores Virginia Woolf's work and life, focusing on her essay 'A Room of One's Own' and its exploration of gender inequality. It delves into Woolf's biography, her involvement with the Bloomsbury Group, and her contributions to modernist literature. Key works like 'Mrs Dalloway', 'To the Lighthouse', 'The Waves', and 'Orlando' are discussed, highlighting themes of subjective experience, time, and identity. Woolf's tragic life and her enduring influence on literature and gender studies are also covered.

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