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04-03-2008, 01:46 PM
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Classic female writers
I'm currently working my way through the classics and realised that I always seem to be drawn to female writers. It wasn't intentional at first but when I started noticing that I was skipping over male authors on the bookshelf it got me thinking. Anyone else do this? Who are your favourite female authors and why?
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04-03-2008, 02:13 PM
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I never thought about it before now, lilac, but I do the same thing. I have a few favorite, I guess Elizabeth Suzanne Phillips would be my favorite.
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04-03-2008, 05:04 PM
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I love Emily Bronte, Margaret Mitchell, Sylvia Plath.
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04-03-2008, 05:12 PM
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For beautifully-formed prose, Jane Austen.
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04-03-2008, 07:03 PM
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Bronte, Austin, Plath, also Alcot, Wolf, Dickenson and Margaret Atwood come to mind
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04-04-2008, 02:37 PM
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Have to agree with Austen.
As for the Bronte's: Emily I'm not too keen on - wuthering heights is lost on me; ddn't like the characters at all especially Jacob. Charlotte was a little better - I thought the tension she built between Mr Rochester and Jayne was great. Ann is up there with Austen in my opinion. I thought she was fantastic and way under-rated.
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04-06-2008, 02:15 PM
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I'm the same. I really enjoy Michele Roberts, a French novelist. Her work is feminist and very psychological, the sort of style I like.
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