Literary Wives Series: The Starter Wife, in Paris
Three is a crowd. This becomes abundantly clear in Paula McLain’s popular novel The Paris Wife (2011). The fictional narrative …
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Literary Wives: American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Today is the first day of the Literary Wives series! The first book to be reviewed is American Wife (2008) …
Dear Jane Letters, Carp Gasping for Air, and Amputations: Madame Bovary
I have been wanting to read Madame Bovary (1856) by Gustave Flaubert and number 85 on the BBC book list …
An American Masterpiece: Wallace Stegner’s Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner’s (1909-1993) masterpiece Angle of Repose (1971; Pulitzer 1972) explores the marriage relationships of Susan and Oliver Ward and …
I’m a Sucker for Victorian Novels: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) is one of my new favorite books. It is my first taste of Anne …
George Eliot on Marriage, Human Nature, Money, Politics, Religion, Feminism, and Gossip in Middlemarch
Well, that title is quite a mouthful. I should’ve just said that George Eliot covers just about everything in her …
Thank You, Alice Walker, for Rescuing Zora Neale Hurston
I recently read Zora Neale Hurston’s masterpiece, Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). It is the second time I have …
A Mild Crusade to Resurrect Dorothy Whipple and a Feminist Reading List
I wrote my Master’s thesis on British author Dorothy Whipple’s novel The Priory (1939). I enjoy Whipple’s work. She has …
Hope, Courage, and Feminism in The Portrait of a Lady
I’m not a big fan of Henry James (1843-1916), pictured below. I’ve dutifully read him for class assignments, but never …
Rebecca: Not Really a Ghost Story
When I picked up a copy of Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca (1938), number 15 on the BBC Book List, I …
