My Favorite Women in the Classics

Discover timeless heroines in 'My Favorite Women in the Classics.' Explore a curated list of classic books featuring strong, inspiring female characters who shaped literature.

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Tess of the d'Urbervilles

 

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The wreath

 

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The Portrait of a Lady

by Henry James

When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But …
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction

by Henry James

To read a story by Henry James is to enter a fully realized world unlike any other—a rich, perfectly crafted domain of vivid language and …
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Washington Square

by Henry James

Washington Square follows the coming-of-age of its plain-faced, kindhearted heroine, Catherine Sloper. Much to her father’s vexation, a handsome opportunist named Morris Townsend woos the …
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray's classic tale of class, society, and corruption, soon to be an Amazon mini-series starring Olivia Cooke No one is better equipped in …
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Villette

by Charlotte Bronte

From the author of Jane Eyre, a strikingly modern story of a young woman starting over—with an introduction by Weike Wang, PEN/Hemingway Award–winning author of …
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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession …
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To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both …
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith

The American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into …