A secret sisterhood : the literary friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, & Virginia Woolf / Emily Midorikawa & Emma Claire Sweeney ; foreword by Margaret Atwood.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 310-316) and index.
Contents:
Jane Austen & Anne Sharp -- Charlotte Brontë & Mary Taylor -- George Eliot & Harriet Beecher Stowe -- Katherine Mansfield & Virginia Woolf.
Summary:
Male literary friendships are the stuff of legend, but what about the friendships of women writers? A Secret Sisterhood, drawing on letters and diaries, some never published before, brings to light a wealth of surprising female collaborations: the friendship between Jane Austen and one of the family servants, amateur playwright Anne Sharp; the daring feminist author Mary Taylor, who shaped the work of Charlotte Brontë; the transatlantic friendship of the seemingly aloof George Eliot and the ebullient Harriet Beecher Stowe; and Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield, most often portrayed as bitter foes, but who, in fact, enjoyed a complex friendship. They were sometimes scandalous and volatile, sometimes supportive and inspiring, but always--until now--tantalizingly consigned to the shadows.
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