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5 Great Books by Women
To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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Did you know Harper Lee was a woman? Both a charming depiction of an Alabama childhood and a biting attack on prejudice.
Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Modern Classics)Mrs Dalloway (Penguin Modern Classics) by Virginia Woolf
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A modernist classic. Also read her 'A Room of One's Own' for why there aren't more great women writers.
Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics)Wuthering Heights (Penguin Classics) by Emily Bronte
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Powerful and passionate. Jane Eyre is wet in comparison.
Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics)Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
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Sharp and funny. Try Persuasion next.
Burning Your Boats: Collected Short StoriesBurning Your Boats: Collected Short Stories by Angela Carter
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This collection of short stories / twisted fairy tales is a good place to start with Angela Carter. Dark, bawdy, intellectual, funny..