A Feminist Perspective on Jane Austen Through the Ideas of Virginia Woolf

Abstract

This work analyses the work of Jane Austen from the perspective of Virginia Woolf, in particular Virginia Woolf’s essays on women writers. More specifically, I focus on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Virginia Woolf’s essays A Room of One’s Own (1929) and Professions for Women (1931).