A Room of One's Own
by Virginia Woolf

A Room of One's Own: Setting 1 key example

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Chapter 1
Explanation and Analysis:

A Room of One’s Own is broadly set in Oxbridge (a fictionalized blend of the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge) and London, England. These surroundings serve as a backdrop for the narrator's internal musings, catalyzing her unstructured but nonetheless profound thoughts on “women and fiction.”