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Rereading The Classics: My Top 5

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Thursday, December 6th, 2012
19 Comments on Rereading The Classics: My Top 5

When I was young, under ten, my mom would try to get me to read certain classic books she had enjoyed as a child – Little Women, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and others. Hopelessly contrary kid that I was (and still am, to a certain degree), I groaned and rolled my eyes and went back […]

Tags east of eden, edgar allan poe, f scott fitzgerald, frankenstein, house of the seven gables, Jane Austen, john steinbeck, literary classics, mary shelley, nathaniel hawthorne, pride and prejudice, The great gatsby

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Totally Awesome Women in Fiction

Post author By Ailsa
Post date Monday, August 6th, 2012
23 Comments on Totally Awesome Women in Fiction

It’s hard to find novels with female characters who read like actual women. In this list of some of my favourites, I’ve tried to present women who lead their own lives, who aren’t sidelined for men, whose stories don’t revolve around other people, and who have depth and complexity existing beyond the necessities of plot. […]

Tags alexander mccall smith, Angela Carter, books, Daniel DeFoe, Elizabeth Bennett, Fevvers, Jane Austen, Jo March, Lit for Ladies, Louisa May Alcott, margaret atwood, Matilda, Moll Flanders, offred, orlando, Precious Ramotswe, reading, roald dahl, Virgina Woolf