| Description |
xvi, 296 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Amorous and proud : Gwen John -- Black sequins and seaweed : Stevie Smith -- Vicarage passions : Barbara Pym -- Feeding on light : Simone Weil -- Silenced : Nadia -- Holding the baby : Clementine Churchill -- Echoes : Ottoline Morrell -- Flag bearer : Dora Russell -- La Strepponi : Giuseppina Verdi -- Famishment : Stosslova, Abba -- Sheltering : Olive Schreiner -- Scallywag & Co. : Blavatsky and Besant -- Is it real? : Ruth -- Benign spells : witches -- Soppists and sapphists : Brazil and Blyton -- Down to work : prostitutes -- Innocent, unstoppable : Marie Stopes -- Eadie or Eddie? : Patrick White -- Satan laughed : Isak Dinesen -- Almost queenly : Rebecca West -- Great space and tundra : Slater, Jamison, Millett, France, Ferguson -- Conspicuous gallantry : Margaret Oliphant -- Her own straitjacket : Alice James -- An ice-cold wreath : Katherine Mansfield. |
| Subject |
Women -- Biography.
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Women authors -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
1590170695 hardcover alkaline paper |
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