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Quotation from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf

“Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman.”

Virginia Woolf (spoken by The narrator)

A Room of One's Own, Chapter Three

Portrait of Virginia Woolf

On the many anonymous songs and ballads of the past.

Citation: "Indeed, I would venture to guess that Anon, who wrote so many poems without signing them, was often a woman." — Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own, Chapter Three. (id woolf-a-room-of-ones-own-q4)

Portrait: Virginia Woolf 1927, Unknown author, Public domain.

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