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A review by aimeesbookishlife
Outsiders: Five Women Writers Who Changed the World by Lyndall Gordon
4.0
A collection of short biographies of women writers, but linked together to show the influence each one had on the women who came after her. I really liked this aspect and it set the book apart from similar books that just tell each woman's story one after another.
It helps to have some knowledge of the authors' work beforehand as Gordon refers to their fictional creations a lot but it's not essential; I'd never heard of Olive Schreiner before but that didn't stop me enjoying that particular chapter. There are also a few spoilers in Gordon's discussion of Wuthering Heights (including a section about the ending) so it's worth reading that book before getting to the Emily Bronte section.
It helps to have some knowledge of the authors' work beforehand as Gordon refers to their fictional creations a lot but it's not essential; I'd never heard of Olive Schreiner before but that didn't stop me enjoying that particular chapter. There are also a few spoilers in Gordon's discussion of Wuthering Heights (including a section about the ending) so it's worth reading that book before getting to the Emily Bronte section.