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Daddy-Long-Legs
Jean Webster
14 days •
ⓘ 1912 • An unknown millionaire pays for orphan Jerusha’s education with simple, yet mysterious, requirements placed upon her. Who is her shadowy benefactor?
Evelina
Frances Burney
51 days •
ⓘ 1778 • Following the heroine Evelina's journey through 18th century London society, Burney critiques the snobbery, consumerism, and aggression towards women found in fashionable upperclass life.
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
84 days •
ⓘ 1868 • The unforgettable tale of four sisters - Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy March - as they grow from childhood to womanhood and find their place in the world.
The Mill on the Floss
George Eliot
87 days •
ⓘ 1860 • In this, one of Eliot's most moving works, fiercely intelligent Maggie Tulliver is forced into conflict with her family as her desires clash with their expectations.
My Ántonia
Willa Cather
37 days •
ⓘ 1918 • The heart-wrenching tale of growing up on the prairie in the 19th century, the building of that "incommunicable past" between childhood friends Jim and Ántonia.
Open the Door!
Catherine Carswell
51 days •
ⓘ 1920 • The coming of age of Joanna Bannerman in Glasgow, "an incisive female analysis of society and sexuality."
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce
36 days •
ⓘ 1916 • Joyce writes of his own alter ego: Stephen Dedalus, as he rebels against Catholic and Irish conventions and undergoes a spiritual and intellectual awakening.
Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence
68 days •
ⓘ 1913 • A classic tale of the clash of generations, Gertrude seeks escape from her brutish husband by doting on her sons William and Paul. But, soon suffocated and looking for his own escape, Paul turns to other women.
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy
66 days •
ⓘ 1891 • Driven by poverty to seek kinship with the wealthy D'Ubervilles, Tess is instead led to events that will doom her future with tragedy, lost love, and murder.
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