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Virginia's Sisters: An anthology of women's writing

by Gabi Reigh (Editor)

Other authors: Anna Akhmatova (Contributor), Zelda Fitzgerald (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor), Katherine Mansfield (Contributor), Edith Wharton (Contributor)1 more, Virginia Woolf (Contributor)

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A unique anthology of short stories and poetry by feminist contemporaries of Virginia Woolf, who were writing about work, discrimination, war, relationships, sexuality and love in the early part of the 20th Century.   Includes works by English and American writers Zelda Fitzgerald, Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Radclyffe Hall, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf, alongside their recently rediscovered 'sisters' from around the world. This book offers a diverse and international array of over 20 literary gems from women writers living in Bulgaria, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Italy, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Spain and Ukraine. List of authors and works included: A Woman by Fani Popova-Mutafova (translated by Petya Pavlova) Thoughts by Myra Viola Wilds The Little Governess by Katherine Mansfield Villa Myosotis by Sorana Gurian (translated by Gabi Reigh) The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself [extract] by Radclyffe Hall I sit and sew by Alice Dunbar Nelson First Steps [extract] by Dorka Talmon (translated by Mira Glover) Coming Home by Maria Messina (translated by Juliette Neil) Vegetal Reverie by Magda Isanos (translated by Gabi Reigh) The Iceberg by Zelda Fitzgerald The Russian Princess by Carmen de Burgos (translated by Slava Faybysh) Bring to Me All... by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Nina Kossman) Autres Temps by Edith Wharton Unheard by Yente Serdatsky (translated by Dalia Wolfson) Fog by Gabriela Mistral (translated by Stuart Cooke) Natalia [extract] by Fausta Cialente (translated by Laura Shanahan) What makes this century worse? by Anna Akhmatova (translated by Olga Livshin) Broken by Nataliya Kobrynska (translated by Hanna Leliv & Slava Faybysh) Sunset by Antonia Pozzi (translated by Sonia di Placido) Once Upon A Time by Ling Shuhua (translated by Leilei Chen) Their Religions and our Marriages: Herland [extract] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Goodbye Lebanon by May Ziadeh (translated by Rose DeMaris)… (more)
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Reigh, GabiEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Akhmatova, AnnaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fitzgerald, ZeldaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gilman, Charlotte PerkinsContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mansfield, KatherineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wharton, EdithContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Woolf, VirginiaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Reigh, GabiIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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A unique anthology of short stories and poetry by feminist contemporaries of Virginia Woolf, who were writing about work, discrimination, war, relationships, sexuality and love in the early part of the 20th Century.   Includes works by English and American writers Zelda Fitzgerald, Charlotte Perkins Gillman, Radclyffe Hall, Katherine Mansfield, Alice Dunbar Nelson, Edith Wharton, and Virginia Woolf, alongside their recently rediscovered 'sisters' from around the world. This book offers a diverse and international array of over 20 literary gems from women writers living in Bulgaria, Chile, China, Egypt, France, Italy, Palestine, Romania, Russia, Spain and Ukraine. List of authors and works included: A Woman by Fani Popova-Mutafova (translated by Petya Pavlova) Thoughts by Myra Viola Wilds The Little Governess by Katherine Mansfield Villa Myosotis by Sorana Gurian (translated by Gabi Reigh) The Mark on the Wall by Virginia Woolf Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself [extract] by Radclyffe Hall I sit and sew by Alice Dunbar Nelson First Steps [extract] by Dorka Talmon (translated by Mira Glover) Coming Home by Maria Messina (translated by Juliette Neil) Vegetal Reverie by Magda Isanos (translated by Gabi Reigh) The Iceberg by Zelda Fitzgerald The Russian Princess by Carmen de Burgos (translated by Slava Faybysh) Bring to Me All... by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Nina Kossman) Autres Temps by Edith Wharton Unheard by Yente Serdatsky (translated by Dalia Wolfson) Fog by Gabriela Mistral (translated by Stuart Cooke) Natalia [extract] by Fausta Cialente (translated by Laura Shanahan) What makes this century worse? by Anna Akhmatova (translated by Olga Livshin) Broken by Nataliya Kobrynska (translated by Hanna Leliv & Slava Faybysh) Sunset by Antonia Pozzi (translated by Sonia di Placido) Once Upon A Time by Ling Shuhua (translated by Leilei Chen) Their Religions and our Marriages: Herland [extract] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman Goodbye Lebanon by May Ziadeh (translated by Rose DeMaris)

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