Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" was originally based on two lectures. On October 20 and 26, 1928, Woolf came to the University of Cambridge twice from London, delivering lectures on the topic of women and novels at Newnham Women's College and Gorting Women's College respectively. Afterwards, in March 1929, she combined the two speeches into one article, entitled "Women and Novel", and published it in the American magazine "Forum". At this time, her novel "Orlando" was published and she built a small building for herself. Here, she greatly revised and expanded "Women and Novel" and wrote the book "A Room of One's Own".
