tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post3050376050183528354..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: 100 Most Influential Books by WomenTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-2780485896524756222007-12-23T20:22:00.000-05:002007-12-23T20:22:00.000-05:00I think Austen, the Brontes, George Eliot, Elizab...I think Austen, the Brontes, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Christina Rosetti, Simone de Beauvoir, Rebecca West, Maya Angelou, Germaine Greer, Francis Burney, Florence Nightingale's <I>Cassandra</I> and Harriet Beecher Stowe's <I>Uncle Tom's Cabin</I> should be on this list.<BR/><BR/>To me, the 100 most influential novels by women means the novels that have changed or impacted literature and/or the world the most, so the list should include books that have had a great influence (whether you personally like them or not). Surely a list like this requires a lot of research? Books can be influential for the most surprising reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-40040322518982900812007-12-19T23:19:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:19:00.000-05:00Ah, I just re-read through the list and Margaret A...Ah, I just re-read through the list and Margaret Atwood is on it. I just posted my list :)Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-87515098276107205592007-12-19T22:21:00.000-05:002007-12-19T22:21:00.000-05:00bookgirl - please do.bookgirl - please do.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-90228309465148763802007-12-19T19:29:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:29:00.000-05:00Ooh I have to snag this from you and post my list....Ooh I have to snag this from you and post my list. Where is Margaret Atwood on this list! :)Ilianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026669671843769219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-88600724484274966082007-12-19T13:03:00.001-05:002007-12-19T13:03:00.001-05:00ooops, okay ONE by Gordimer...but that still seems...ooops, okay ONE by Gordimer...but that still seems a little slim!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-71492889824652097982007-12-19T13:03:00.000-05:002007-12-19T13:03:00.000-05:00Nothing by Nadine Gordimer...I'm surprised. How do...Nothing by Nadine Gordimer...I'm surprised. How do they put these things together? Still, interesting list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-68846939850030524842007-12-19T12:04:00.000-05:002007-12-19T12:04:00.000-05:003 by Doris Lessing and none by Charlotte Bronte???...3 by Doris Lessing and none by Charlotte Bronte???<BR/><BR/>Okay.<BR/><BR/>Trying to let it go now.<BR/><BR/>Not a Lessing fan anyway, so I'm biased.Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-72478537453282004592007-12-19T11:49:00.000-05:002007-12-19T11:49:00.000-05:00And Rebecca West - is she on there? I'd be hard p...And Rebecca West - is she on there? I'd be hard pressed to think of a better non-fiction book (by male or female) than Black Lamb and Grey Falcon.<BR/><BR/>(which - if you haven't read ... I beg of you to put on your radar. Yes, it's 5,387 pages long. But you can dip into it and out of it ... it would go along well with the Balkan trilogy you've been reading as well. Amazing book!!)Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-71964213515437738082007-12-19T10:37:00.000-05:002007-12-19T10:37:00.000-05:00JCR - Didion is relentlessly observant - whatever ...JCR - Didion is relentlessly observant - whatever it takes. She is pretty amazing!Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-10766964652502146742007-12-19T09:59:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:59:00.000-05:00I perfectly adore Joan Didion... just got a copy o...I perfectly adore Joan Didion... just got a copy of Play it as It Lays...Kagemushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985000233636586296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-14140533411283563862007-12-19T09:57:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:57:00.000-05:00Sheila - Truly, oh and Janet Frame, Alice Munro an...Sheila - Truly, oh and Janet Frame, Alice Munro and Margaret Yourcenar, and since it says books and not fiction how about Rachel Carson and Barbara Tuchman? <BR/><BR/>Annie - Thanks for the great list - let's see if it turns into 200 most influential books by women!Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-46168070133281687192007-12-19T09:49:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:49:00.000-05:00I like your idea... I'd add Pride & Prejudice & Br...I like your idea... I'd add Pride & Prejudice & Bridget Jones' Diary (since the list IS pop, as you said).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-30872722837983083612007-12-19T09:17:00.000-05:002007-12-19T09:17:00.000-05:00Jane Smiley and no Charlotte Bronte?What a bizarre...Jane Smiley and no Charlotte Bronte?<BR/><BR/>What a bizarre list.Sheila O'Malleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859697259996394827noreply@blogger.com