Meet the Cast
Virginia Woolf
Wait, isn't she the author? Yep. But at the beginning and end of the essay, she speaks in her own voice, as herself. That makes her a character, too. So... onto her character analysis.If you've che...
Mary Beton
Call her Mary Beton, Mary Seton, or Mary Carmichael—but definitely call her Mary. So, what's up with Woolf's fictional narrator?No, Really, Call Me MaryAfter a preamble about how hard it is to wr...
Judith Shakespeare
You remember Judith—Shakespeare's sister, with all of his talent and passion?Oh, never heard of her? Maybe that's because she didn't received the stellar education that William did, and she had t...
Professor von X
If A Room of One's Own has an evil nemesis, it's the appropriately named Professor von X. (More this guy than this guy. We can't image Charles Xavier hating anyone.)Something to ProveLike Judith Sh...
Mary Seton
Mary Seton is Mary Beton's BFF. After a terrible meal at the women's college Fernham, they confab up in her room about how women have always been poor while men have been rich. We don't learn a lot...
Mary Carmichael
Mary Carmichael is the author of Life's Adventure, the book that Mary Beton reads as an example of the kind of writing women are doing today.Hm, that's weird. There's no section on Amazon for Mary...