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A review by lora_h
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf by Emily Midorikawa
5.0
The authors, literary friends themselves, explore the literary female friendships of the four authors in the title, challenging the myth of the solitary nature of female genius.
To give due measure to 4 literary friendships spanning decades in less than 265 pages? I didn't think it possible. Yet this book did it.
Well researched, thoroughly well written, objective & subjective in equal measures, this is a wonderful read, not only for those curious about the lives of famous women writers, but anyone interested in the nuances, development, maintenance of long term friendship between strong, talents & sometimes difficult individuals.
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To give due measure to 4 literary friendships spanning decades in less than 265 pages? I didn't think it possible. Yet this book did it.
Well researched, thoroughly well written, objective & subjective in equal measures, this is a wonderful read, not only for those curious about the lives of famous women writers, but anyone interested in the nuances, development, maintenance of long term friendship between strong, talents & sometimes difficult individuals.
Get this book.