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A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Eliot and Woolf

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A Secret Sisterhood: The Hidden Friendships of Austen, Bronte, Eliot and Woolf

By: Emma Claire Sweeney, Emily Midorikawa
Narrated by: Maggie Mash
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Drawing on letters and diaries, some of which have never been published before, this book will reveal Jane Austen’s bond with a family servant, the amateur playwright Anne Sharp, how Charlotte Brontë was inspired by the daring feminist Mary Taylor, the transatlantic relationship between George Eliot and the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and the underlying erotic charge that lit the friendship of Virginia Woolf and Katherine Mansfield – a pair too often dismissed as bitter foes.©2017 Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney (P)2017 W.F. Howes Ltd Art & Literature Authors Classics Women
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the book is very enjoyable and well read,
especially the lesser known stories of Virginia and K. Mansfield.
whereas for those who know lots about the Brontes and Jane austen, there is not much new there honestly, and little on the actual friendships.
but the chapter on Woolf and the one on Stowe were worth the money. very interesting. thanks.

loved the chapter on Woolf

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A excellent work brilliantly read. A really inspiring look at the friendships of some of our best loved female writers

Excellent

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Very different perspective, meticulous research and new material. I enjoyed this and learned a lot about the subjects and times.

Fascinating insight

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Loved the uncovering of the relationships between female authors previously hidden or ignored. Very interesting.
I was insulted by the reader attempting a Yorkshire accent in the Brontë references. I’m not sure how the New Zealand accent was viewed by others but I found that annoying too.
Apart from that…brilliant book I recommend it to any of the followers of the women whose relationships have been focussed upon.

Newly researched info here.

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I really enjoyed this collection of stories concerning close friendships of famous writers with unusual and surprising nuggets of interesting insights throughout. Be fun to have another set of writers stories.

another take on favourite writers

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