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The Heroine's Bookshelf: Life Lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Erin Blakemore

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Classic Heroines as a Lens for Women’s Lives

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Classic Heroines as a Lens for Women’s Lives

Erin Blakemore pairs memorable female characters with the women who created them, using classic literature as a starting point for reflections on strength, intelligence, grace, and vitality. Figures such as Anne Shirley, Jo March, Scarlett O’Hara, and Jane Eyre share the stage with authors including Jane Austen, Harper Lee, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. Framed as an exploration of heroines both fictional and real, the book connects women’s literary history to questions of inner resources and everyday life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Fans of classic women-centered fiction and its authors
  • Readers interested in literary criticism focused on women writers
  • Those who enjoy book-centered reflections on identity and personal strength

Themes

Women in literatureClassic heroinesWomen authorsLiterary inspirationInner strength

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Book overview

A testament to inspirational women throughout literature, Erin Blakemore's exploration of classic heroines and their equally admirable authors shows today's women how to best tap into their inner strengths and live life with intelligence, grace, vitality and aplomb. This collection of unforgettable characters--including Anne Shirley, Jo March, Scarlett O'Hara, and Jane Eyre--and outstanding authors--like Jane Austen, Harper Lee, and Laura Ingalls Wilder--is an impassioned look at literature's most compelling heroines, both on the page and off. Readers who found inspiration in books by Toni Morrison, Maud Hart Lovelace, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Alice Walker, or who were moved by literary-themed memoirs like Shelf Discovery and Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, get ready to return to the well of women's classic literature with The Heroine's Bookshelf.
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