A review by sophiahelix
Great Short Stories by American Women by Candace Ward

4.0

A few boring stories (early American lit, I do not like you), but also some real gems by favorites like Wharton, Cather, and Chopin. I like the range of viewpoints the book presents on the female characters, from witty to heartbreaking, and I was interested to see how being pigeon-holed as "local colorists" (Sarah Orne Jewett, for example) often allowed female authors to step out of the "Must be just like England!/Must be completely unlike England!" that preoccupied so many contemporary male authors.