George Sand

Thus, towards the end of the eighteenth century a change came about which, if I were rewriting history, I should describe more fully and think of greater importance than the Crusades or the Wars of the Roses. The middle-class woman began to write.

It is difficult, one might even say terrible, my dear child, to embark on a literary career when one is a woman.

A Room of One's Own (part 4)

Suzan van Dijk, 17 December 2010

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