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Aug 25, 2024

Recommendations for autobiographical fiction written from female perspectives?

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democritusjrjr1 year ago

La Vagabonde by Colette

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dostoyvey1 year ago

I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins

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yarb1 year ago

Villette by C. Brontë Novel on Yellow Paper by the BRILLIANT Stevie Smith Several of the ALSO BRILLIANT Barbara Comyns' novels, esp. Sisters by a River and A Touch of Mistletoe A Double Life by Karolina Pavlova The Bloater by Rosemary Tonks

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dumgirl1 year ago

tove ditlevsen's copenhagen trilogy

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guy1 year ago

Country Girls by Edna O'Brien & Belljar by Plath off the top of my head.

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emma1 year ago

Olivia by Dorothy Strachey (lesbian novella about her schoolgirl crush on her teacher)

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yarb1 year ago

Simone de Beauvoir's "She Came to Stay" which I read recently and strongly disliked, but it fits the bill. I'll think of a bunch more.

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literati1 year ago(edited)

Both pretty mainstream: Stein's Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey I loved Winterson's Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit as a kid, but it's somewhat simplistic. Her later novels I've read are better, though don't meet your specifications.

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amf1 year ago

Assuming you're explicitly referring to fiction here? Marguerite Duras' The Lover is magnificent.

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mort_a_venise1 year ago

Ah yeah that was my intention, I updated my post and thanks for the recommendation.

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shitehead1 year ago

Redundant question. Autobiographical account by a woman already implies fiction.

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literati1 year ago

You're really living up to that username.

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shitehead1 year ago

Your balls are kept in society's handbag

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literati1 year ago

That would explain why I don't have any on me.

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