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Portnoy's Complaint
Philip Roth
1969 · 289 pages · 1 review
Others: Positive
Though is caused outrage and controversy at the time of its publication Roth’s comic novel of sexual obsession and frustration is now widely regarded as one of the best novels of the twentieth century.
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Lady Anna
Anthony Trollope
1874 · 444 pages · 2 reviews
Others: Positive
A Victorian Gothic novel with the twin themes of bigamy and class difference as the base. A complicated plot, well developed ideas, and very convincing characters on the whole. Two exceptions to Trollope's usually powerful women are Lady Lovel, who is almost demonic, and the Lady Anna herself, who seems very changeable although she is immensely loyal to the working class man to whom she is engaged. Although it is not Trollope's most memorable novel, it remains one of his most engrossing.
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Ayala's angel
Anthony Trollope
1881 · 536 pages · 2 reviews
Others: Positive
Ayala's Angel showcases Trollope's great theme: the ways in which the conflicts between money and affection shape the dance of courtship and marriage among the gentry and middle class in Victorian England. Ayala & Lucy Dormer are sisters left penniless on the death of their artist-father and thrown upon the mercies of their relatives where they navigate the waters of family, money, love & marriage.
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The Beth book
Sarah Grand
1897 · 527 pages · 1 review
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Being a study of the life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure A Woman of Genius
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The atrocity exhibition
J. G. Ballard
1970 · 139 pages · 2 reviews
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First published in 1970 and widely regarded as a prophetic masterpiece, this is a groundbreaking experimental novel by the acclaimed author of Crash and Super-Cannes, who has supplied explanatory notes for this new edition.
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The Awakening
Kate Chopin
1899 · 221 pages · 6 reviews
Others: Overwhelmingly positive
The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, the plot centers on Edna Pontellier and her struggle between her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South. It is one of the earliest American novels that focuses on women's issues without condescension. It is also widely seen as a landmark work of early feminism, generating a mixed reaction from contemporary readers and critics.
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