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Midorikawa, Emily.
Subjects
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Friends and associates.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Friends and associates.
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Friends and associates.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Friends and associates.
Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- Biography.
Female friendship -- Great Britain -- History.
Authorship -- Collaboration -- History.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
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820.99287 M629s
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Midorikawa, Emily.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Friends and associates.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880 -- Friends and associates.
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 -- Friends and associates.
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 -- Friends and associates.
Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- Biography.
Female friendship -- Great Britain -- History.
Authorship -- Collaboration -- History.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
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A secret sisterhood : the
literary
friendships
of
Jane
Austen
,
Charlotte
Brontë
,
George
Eliot
&
Virginia
Woolf
/ Emily Midorikawa & Emma Claire Sweeney
by
Midorikawa, Emily.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
Call #:
820.99287 M629s
Subjects
Austen
,
Jane
, 1775-1817 -- Friends and associates.
Eliot
,
George
, 1819-1880 -- Friends and associates.
Brontë
,
Charlotte
, 1816-1855 -- Friends and associates.
Woolf
,
Virginia
, 1882-1941 -- Friends and associates.
Women authors, English -- 19th century -- Biography.
Women authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- Biography.
Female friendship -- Great Britain -- History.
Authorship -- Collaboration -- History.
Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History.
ISBN:
9780544883734 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Literary
friendships
of
Jane
Austen
,
Charlotte
Brontë
,
George
Eliot
and
Virginia
Woolf
Edition:
First U.S. edition
Description:
xx, 331 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-316) and index
Contents:
Foreword / by Margaret Atwood -- Introduction : In search of a secret sisterhood --
Jane
Austen
& Anne Sharp. A circle of single women -- Rebellion behind closed doors -- Closing ranks --
Charlotte
Brontë
& Mary Taylor. Three's a crowd -- Two adventurous spirits -- One great myth --
George
Eliot
& Harriet Beecher Stowe. The stuff of legend -- The specter of scandal -- An act of betrayal -- Katherine Mansfield &
Virginia
Woolf
. Friends or foes? -- Cat-and-mouse -- Life and death -- Epilogue : A web of
literary
connections
Summary:
"Male
literary
friendships
are the stuff of legend; think Byron and Shelley, Fitzgerald and Hemingway. But the world's best-loved female authors are usually mythologized as solitary eccentrics or isolated geniuses. Coauthors and real-life friends Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney prove this wrong, thanks to their discovery of a wealth of surprising collaborations: the friendship between
Jane
Austen
and one of the family servants, 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 Harriet Beecher Stowe; and
Virginia
Woolf
and Katherine Mansfield, most often portrayed as bitter foes, but who, in fact, enjoyed a complex friendship fired by an underlying erotic charge. Through letters and diaries, A Secret Sisterhood resurrects these forgotten stories of female
friendships
. They were sometimes scandalous and volatile, sometimes supportive and inspiring, but always--until now--tantalizingly consigned to the shadows"--Provided by publisher.
Other authors:
Sweeney, Emma Claire.
Atwood, Margaret Eleanor, 1939-
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