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A secret sisterhood : the literary friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot & Virginia Woolf /

"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 pr...

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Main Authors: Midorikawa, Emily (Author), Sweeney, Emma Claire (Author)
Other Authors: Atwood, Margaret, 1939- (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2017]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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.
Authorship. > Collaboration > History
Écrivaines anglaises > 19e siècle > Biographies.
Écrivaines anglaises > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Romanciers anglais > Biographies.
Amitié féminine > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Coauteurs > Histoire.
Femmes et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Friendship.
Austen, Jane, > 1775-1817.
Brontë, Charlotte, > 1816-1855.
Eliot, George, > 1819-1880.
Woolf, Virginia, > 1882-1941.
Authorship > Collaboration.
Female friendship.
Friendship.
Novelists, English.
Women and literature.
Women authors, English.
Great Britain.
1800-1999
Biography
Biographies.
History.
Table of 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.