In A Room of One's Own, Virginia Wolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister. An equally talented sister, equally great, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and ends up committing suicide, leaving her temper unexpressed. If she alone had found the means to create, Virginia Wolf speculates, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal brother. In this now classic essay, Virginia Wolf turns against the establishment, using her extraordinary gifts as a writer to dissect the world around her and to give voice to those who do not have it.