A review by bateleanor
A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf by Emily Midorikawa

5.0

As a 17-year-old just beginning to read classic women's literature, this book was perfect for me. Not only did it personify authors who are so often placed on pedestals, it helped me to understand them and made me excited to read more of their books. Out of the four main women studied, I have only read books by two (only Jane Eyre from Charlotte Brontë and also five of Jane Austen's novels,) but the book remained interesting even when about authors I knew nothing about (and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who I only knew from American history class.) I'm glad I read this and I am excited to read more books by these authors!