mort_a_venise
19 days ago
Recommendations for autobiographical fiction written from female perspectives?
democritusjrjr
17 days ago
La Vagabonde by Colette
dostoyvey
17 days ago
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
yarb
18 days 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
dumgirl
18 days ago
tove ditlevsen's copenhagen trilogy
guy
18 days ago
Country Girls by Edna O'Brien & Belljar by Plath off the top of my head.
emma
18 days ago
Olivia by Dorothy Strachey (lesbian novella about her schoolgirl crush on her teacher)
yarb
19 days 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.
literati
19 days ago
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.
amf
19 days ago
Assuming you're explicitly referring to fiction here? Marguerite Duras' The Lover is magnificent.
mort_a_venise
19 days ago
Ah yeah that was my intention, I updated my post and thanks for the recommendation.