Title: Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild, and Untamed, Feminist Tales
from 16 Bestselling, Award-Winning Writers
When I read it for the first time: 2025
Pat was excited that Viagra Press were publishing books by Elizabethan and Victorian female authors. Two examples of these authors are Mary Webb (Precious Bane) and Elizabeth von Arnim (The Solitary Summer). Although Pat really did not have much patience with feminism, she delighted in reading the works of women who were ahead of their years, such as Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and even the books of Beatrix Potter, which were some of the first books on our shelves as children. She also appreciated visionary and, dare I say, militant authors like Virginia Woolf and George Sands.
Later, Pat expanded her reading to include authors such as Mavis Gallant, Iris Murdoch and Jane Gardam.
This is a long way of saying that the book Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild, and Untamed would have delighted her. She probably would have sniffed at the subtitle, "Feminist Tales from 16 Bestselling, Award-Winning Writers," but undoubtedly, she would have called it "a good read"—high praise from her indeed.
Sara gifted this book to me for Christmas. Initially, I devoured the short stories with a voracious appetite. Thankfully, I decided to slow down and luxuriate in the stories, the perspectives, the characters, and most of all, the beautiful use of language.
For all aspiring or steadfast feminists, read these tales and rejoice. For those who are disinterested or dismissive of feminism, get over it and let yourself be entertained.
When I read it for the first time: 2025
Pat was excited that Viagra Press were publishing books by Elizabethan and Victorian female authors. Two examples of these authors are Mary Webb (Precious Bane) and Elizabeth von Arnim (The Solitary Summer). Although Pat really did not have much patience with feminism, she delighted in reading the works of women who were ahead of their years, such as Jane Austen, the Brontë sisters, and even the books of Beatrix Potter, which were some of the first books on our shelves as children. She also appreciated visionary and, dare I say, militant authors like Virginia Woolf and George Sands.
Later, Pat expanded her reading to include authors such as Mavis Gallant, Iris Murdoch and Jane Gardam.
This is a long way of saying that the book Furies: Stories of the Wicked, Wild, and Untamed would have delighted her. She probably would have sniffed at the subtitle, "Feminist Tales from 16 Bestselling, Award-Winning Writers," but undoubtedly, she would have called it "a good read"—high praise from her indeed.
Sara gifted this book to me for Christmas. Initially, I devoured the short stories with a voracious appetite. Thankfully, I decided to slow down and luxuriate in the stories, the perspectives, the characters, and most of all, the beautiful use of language.
For all aspiring or steadfast feminists, read these tales and rejoice. For those who are disinterested or dismissive of feminism, get over it and let yourself be entertained.
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