May we all aspire to burn down the houses of our oppressors.Īn Iliad retelling but from the point of view of Briseis Queen of Lyrnessus, the woman Agammemnon took from Achilles, thereby starting the conflict between the Greeks in The Iliad. Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Jane Eyre, and tells the story of the mad woman in the attic in its entirety, the way she deserves.
She said, emphatically, BERTHA MASON, perhaps better known as Rochester’s first wife, perhaps best known as the mad woman in the attic in Jane Eyre. When Leigh Bardugo was at our LFP location on the tenth, an audience member asked who her literary heroine was. Or alternatively, books from the perspective of the witch. Madeline Miller is coming to our LFP location on Friday (no, I don’t work that night yes, I will be there) and in her honor I thought I’d throw together a list of books in the same vague genre: retellings of well-known stories from the perspective of a thus-far silent woman. A feminist retelling of a classical myth? An in-depth examination of an infamous witch? I don’t know why you wrote a book specifically for me Madeline Miller, but THANK YOU. Circe by Madeline Miller is one of my favorite books of the year, which is really no surprise to anyone that knows me.
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