Virginia's Sisters

<p>A fascinating anthology of poetry and prose by leading feminist writers of the 20th century on the topic of women's freedom and the idea of the 'New Woman'. This international collection offers over 20 literary gems by favourite and newly rediscovered women writers.</p><p>Selected and introduced by Gabi Reigh who gives context to the selected contributions from women writers who were expressing their hopes for freedom and autonomy during the early part of the twentieth century.</p><p>Includes stories and poems by well-known authors writing in English such as Virginia Woolf Radclyffe Hall Alice Dunbar Nelson Charlotte Perkins Gilman Zelda Fitzgerald Edith Wharton and Katherine Mansfield as well as many new translations of international women's writing from the same period. These include writers such as Antonia Pozzi Maria Messina Fani Popova Mutafova Magda Isanos Gabriela Mistral Carmen de Burgos Anna Akhmatova Marina Tsvetaeva May Ziadeh Yenta Serdatzky and others.</p><p><strong>List of authors and works included:</strong></p><p><em>A Woman</em> by Fani Popova-Mutafova (translated by Petya Pavlova)</p><p><em>Thoughts</em> by Myra Viola Wilds</p><p><em>The Little Governess</em> by Katherine Mansfield</p><p><em>Villa Myosotis</em> by Sorana Gurian (translated by Gabi Reigh)</p><p><em>The Mark on the Wall</em> by Virginia Woolf</p><p><em>Miss Ogilvy Finds Herself</em> [extract] by Radclyffe Hall</p><p><em>I sit and sew</em> by Alice Dunbar Nelson</p><p><em>First Steps</em> [extract] by Dorka Talmon (translated by Mira Glover)</p><p><em>Coming Home by Maria Messina (translated by Juliette Neil)</em></p><p><em>Vegetal Reverie</em> by Magda Isanos (translated by Gabi Reigh)</p><p><em>The Iceberg</em> by Zelda Fitzgerald</p><p><em>The Russian Princess</em> by Carmen de Burgos (translated by Slava Faybysh)</p><p><em>Bring to Me All...</em> by Marina Tsvetaeva (translated by Nina Kossman)</p><p><em>Autres Temp</em>s by Edith Wharton</p><p><em>Unheard</em> by Yente Serdatsky (translated by Dalia Wolfson)</p><p><em>Fog</em> by Gabriela Mistral (translated by Stuart Cooke)</p><p><em>Natalia </em>[extract] by Fausta Cialente (translated by Laura Shanahan)</p><p><em>What makes this century worse? </em>by Anna Akhmatova (translated by Olga Livshin)</p><p><em>Broken</em> by Nataliya Kobrynska (translated by Hanna Leliv & Slava Faybysh)</p><p><em>Sunset</em> by Antonia Pozzi (translated by Sonia di Placido)</p><p><em>Once Upon A Time</em> by Ling Shuhua (translated by Leilei Chen)</p><p><em>Their Religions and our Marriages: Herland</em> [extract] by Charlotte Perkins Gilman</p><p><em>Goodbye Lebanon</em> by May Ziadeh (translated by Rose DeMaris)</p><p> </p>