La Vagabonde by Colette

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

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

tove ditlevsen's copenhagen trilogy

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

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

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.

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.

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

mort_a_venise

4 months ago

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

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shitehead

4 months ago

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

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literati

4 months ago

You're really living up to that username.

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shitehead

4 months ago

Your balls are kept in society's handbag

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literati

4 months ago

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

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