The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories by Virginia Woolf, Nicole Brossard, Jayne Anne Phillips, Sara Maitland, Joan Nestle, Radclyffe Hall, Merril Mushroom, Djuna Barnes, Alison Bechdel, Beth Nugent, Jewelle Gomez, Colette, Renée Vivien, Jane Rule, Anna Livia, Margaret Atwood, Isak Dinesen, Rebecca Brown, Dorothy Allison, Frances Gapper, Dorothy Strachey, Gertrude Stein, Monique Wittig, Emma Donoghue, Hilda Doolittle, Margaret Reynolds, Sarah Orne Jewett, Jeanette Winterson, Pat Califia, Anaïs Nin, Kathy Acker, Katherine Mansfield, Ann Bannon

The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories

Virginia Woolf, Nicole Brossard, Jayne Anne Phillips, Sara Maitland, Joan Nestle, Radclyffe Hall, Merril Mushroom, Djuna Barnes, Alison Bechdel, Beth Nugent, Jewelle Gomez, Colette, Renée Vivien, Jane Rule, Anna Livia, Margaret Atwood, Isak Dinesen, Rebecca Brown, Dorothy Allison, Frances Gapper, Dorothy Strachey, Gertrude Stein, Monique Wittig, Emma Donoghue, Hilda Doolittle, Margaret Reynolds, Sarah Orne Jewett, Jeanette Winterson, Pat Califia, Anaïs Nin, Kathy Acker, Katherine Mansfield, Ann Bannon

464 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories challenging reflective slow-paced
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And more than that - sometimes women love women. Like Queen Victoria, the world has preferred to believe that sex between women is impossible, resulting in a long silence between the writings of Sappho and the flowering of talent produced by femin...

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Moods

emotional 100%
reflective 66%
inspiring 50%
funny 33%
adventurous 16%
challenging 16%
hopeful 16%
informative 16%
lighthearted 16%
tense 16%

Pace

slow 50%
fast 33%
medium 16%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 100%

Strong character development?

Yes: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | N/A: 25%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 75% | N/A: 25%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

N/A: 50% | It's complicated: 25% | Yes: 25%

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