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How to be a heroine ; or, what I've learned from reading too much / Samantha Ellis. by Ellis, Samantha. Chatto & Windus, 2014. Call #: 809.393522 E47h Subjects Heroines in literature.   Women in literature.   Women -- Books and reading.   Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History.   Sex role in literature.   English fiction -- History and criticism.   English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism. ISBN:  9780701187514 Description:  264 p. ; 23 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  Cathy Earnshaw or Jane Eyre? Petrova or Posy? Scarlett or Melanie? On a pilgrimage to Wuthering Heights, Samantha Ellis found herself arguing with her best friend about which heroine was best: Jane Eyre or Cathy Earnshaw. She was all for wild, passionate Cathy; but her friend found Cathy silly, a snob, while courageous Jane makes her own way. And that's when Samantha realised that all her life she'd been trying to be Cathy when she should have been trying to be Jane. So she decided to look again at her heroines: the girls, women, books that had shaped her ideas of the world and how to live. Some of them stood up to the scrutiny (she will always love Lizzy Bennet); some of them most decidedly did not (turns out Katy Carr from What Katy Did isn't a carefree rebel, she's a drip). There were revelations (the real heroine of Gone with the Wind? Clearly Melanie), joyous reunions (Anne of Green Gables), nostalgia trips (Sylvia Plath) and tearful goodbyes (Lucy Honeychurch). And then there was Jilly Cooper. Samantha's funny, touching, inspiring exploration of the role of heroines, and our favourite books, in all our lives and how they change over time, for better or worse, just as we do. Samantha Ellis is a playwright and journalist. She lives in London. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 809.393522 E47h Adult books Checked in   Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Nonfiction 809.393522 E47h Adult books Checked out Jun 23, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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