Women Authors category: 700 books

The Best Man By Grace Livingston Hill A Sweet Christian Romance Gordon perceived that he was being given a mission of trust and importance, not unmixed with mystery perhaps. He was new in the Secret Service, and it had been his ambition to rise in his chiefís good graces. He...

This study focuses on how Frankenstein works: how the story is told and why it is so rich and gripping.  Part I uses carefully selected short extracts for close textual analysis, while Part II examines Shelley's life, the historical and literary contexts of the novel, and offers a sample of key criticism.

A vivid, contemporary translation of the greatest Greek love poet by the prize-winning poet and translator. Sappho’s lyric love poems, composed in the seventh century B.C.E., transcend time and place and continue to enchant readers today. Though her extant work consists only of a collection...

Things are changing down at the local watering hole… Actress-turned-comic-book-muse Sondra is contemplating marriage to a man half her age. Already familiar with the seamy underbelly of Sun City, former cop Sax finds himself back on the job. Milo, lonely and bored, begins bartending at the Brass...

“Bloodknots is a truly singular and remarkable book of stories. Lyrical and disturbing, this is the work of a writer of unmistakable talent.”—Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven, a National Book Award nominee“Bloodknots is a marvelous collection peopled by unforgettable characters.”—Nalini...

ELLE sentit que l’on effleurait son bras, et violemment elle tressaillit comme au sortir d’une pensée trop absorbante dont il faut se détacher tout de suite, alors que notre âme engourdie proteste : — Ce sera votre tour, dans quelques minutes. Elle s’avança vers la coulisse,...

First published in 1970, this study demonstrates both the range and essential unity of the works of Mrs. Gaskell. The author analyses the novels of social criticism, the biography of Charlotte Brontë and the novels of country life as distinct expressions of her genius, commenting on recurrent themes,...

Iris Murdoch produced twenty-six novels in forty years. The last of these, Jackson's Dilemma, was published in 1995, four years before her death. Murdoch's interest in moral problems inclined her towards what could be seen as an unusual view of human character and human life, leading her to create bizarre...

Serenity Jones is not your average 26 year old. Not only is she still a virgin, but she often envisions herself in situations where she is making love to every attractive man she meets. When she finally meets Lionel she thinks she finds the man she's not only going to lose her virginity to, but who...

The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell’s First-Person Fiction analyzes a number of Elizabeth Gaskell's first-person works through a post-modern perspective employing such theoretical frameworks as psychoanalytic theory, narratology, and gender theory. It attempts to explore the problematics...

In Melissa Balmain’s Walking in on People, the serious is lightened with a generous serving of wit and humor, and the lighthearted is enriched with abundant wisdom. She shows us how poetry can be fun yet grounded in everyday challenges and triumphs, with subjects ranging from the current...

The book demonstrates the thematic unity underlying Angela Carter's fiction and non-fiction. The author analyzes their interdependence and demonstrates how Carter's texts persistently examine existing theories of pleasure from many different angles. In this way, Carter’s works enter into dialogue...

Often linked to the works of early Romanticism, Sophie Cottin's Malvina (1803) was a bestselling sentimental novel. First published in France, the English translation by Elizabeth Gunning – a prolific novelist in her own right – allowed Cottin’s book to achieve success internationally. This is the first modern scholarly edition of Malvina.

Le difficoltà e le gioie del suo processo creativo; le tecniche narrative; i consigli ad amici scrittori impegnati nella stesura dei loro libri; i giudizi sull'opera di colleghi illustri, da Proust a Joyce, da Jane Austen a Dostoevskij: Spegnere le luci e guardare il mondo di tanto in tanto ci conduce...