![]() ![]() So, to answer the gentleman’s question, Woolf had to delve into the root of this ‘misunderstanding’ and find what unique and effective solutions could arise from it. ![]() The differences in the psyche of the educated man and his sister had created a seemingly unbridgeable chasm that made immediate understanding of the reasonings of each sex near impossible. Woolf clarifies that this is because none of these answers could be left without ample explanation. Though many answers have suggested themselves to Woolf, the gentleman’s letter went unanswered for over three years. The essay is drafted as a response to the letter of an educated gentleman seeking Woolf’s opinions on how war could be prevented. “Three years is a long time to leave a letter unanswered…” And thus begins Three Guineas–Virginia Woolf’s powerful essay on how the practices of the Victorian patriarchal system could be likened to the unarguable evils of tyranny and fascism. My tattered copy of Virginia Woolf’s essays ![]()
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