Essays
A Room of One's Own
Woolf's elegant argument that a woman needs money and a room of her own to write fiction, and why history made that so hard.
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness
An envoy to a frozen planet whose people have no fixed gender must win the trust of a reluctant ally. A landmark of speculative fiction.
- Genres
- Science FictionClassics
- Themes
- IdentityFriendshipPower
- Length
- 300–450 pages
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