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Blakemore, Erin M.
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Heroines in literature.
Women in literature.
American fiction -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- History and criticism.
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The heroine's booksh...
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The heroine's bookshelf : life lessons from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder / Erin Blakemore.
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Blakemore, Erin M.
New York : Harper, c2010.
Subjects
Heroines in literature.
Women in literature.
American fiction -- History and criticism.
English fiction -- History and criticism.
ISBN:
9780061958762 (hbk.)
006195876X (hbk.)
Description:
xxi, 200 p. ; 19 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Self : Lizzy Bennet in Pride and predjudice / by Jane Austen -- Faith : Janie Crawford in Their eyes were watching God / by Zora Neale Hurston -- Happiness : Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables / by Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Dignity : Celie in The color purple / by Alice Walker -- Family ties : Francie Nolan in A tree grows in Brooklyn / by Betty Smith -- Indulgence : Claudine in Colette's Claudine novels -- Fight : Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the wind / by Margaret Mitchell -- Compassion : Scout Finch in To kill a mockingbird / by Harper Lee -- Simplicity : Laura Ingalls in The long winter / by Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Steadfastness : Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre / by Charlotte Brontë -- Ambition : Jo March in Little women / by Louisa May Alcott -- Magic : Mary Lennox in The secret garden / by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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In this compelling book of beloved heroines and the remarkable writers who created them, Erin Blakemore explores how the pluck and dignity of literary characters such as Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Eyre, Scarlett O'Hara, Scout Finch and Jo March can inspire women today.
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