This author's work asserts that women's oppression is an intrinsic part of a male-dominated global culture. Her literary pieces often examine the historical effects of patriarchy on the world, vividly portraying the details of women's lives across different eras. Through her narratives, she uncovers the complexities of societal norms and feminist movements, offering readers profound insights into the female experience.
The second volume of this compelling history delves into the role of women from feudal times through the French Revolution, highlighting their societal contributions and experiences. Marilyn French examines the evolving status of women, exploring themes of power, oppression, and resistance within historical contexts, providing a rich narrative that uncovers the complexities of women's lives throughout this transformative period.
Present a history of women from prehistoric times up to the present day, examining the changing roles of women in different ages, and covering such topics as work, marriage, family, sex roles, religion, and poltics.
An enthralling narrative about the lives of four generations of women, Her Mother's Daughter is the most honest and moving novel ever written about the primal, inescapable bond between mothers and daughters.
The twenty-one-million copy bestselling novel and provocative feminist classic that changed the world when it was first published in 1977 “With The Women’s Room, Marilyn French joined Simone de Beauvoir, Ralph Ellison, and that very small group of writers whose words spark a movement.” —Gloria Steinem In the 1950s, many American women left education and professional advancement behind in order to marry, only to find themselves adrift and unable to support themselves after divorcing their husbands twenty years later. Some became destitute; a few went insane. But many went back to school in the heyday of the Women’s Liberation movement, and were swept up in the promise of equality for both sexes. The Women’s Room tells the story of one such woman: a suburban 1950s housewife named Mira who divorces her loathsome husband and returns to graduate school at Harvard. Loosely based on Marilyn French’s own life, the story of Mira and her friends offers wry, piercing insight into the inner lives of a generation of American women. A powerful indictment of the patriarchal social norms of the time, it caused an uproar when it was first published in 1977, changing the course of the feminist movement forever. Today, it remains timely and eerily relevant—a courageous novel infused with revolutionary fervor that examines the world of hopeful believers looking for new truths.
The first volume in a three-volume work, From Eve to Dawn is the culmination
of over two decades of exhaustive research examining women's roles and
activities in various civilisations throughout the world from the perspective
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"FRENCH'S MOST FOCUSED, DARING, AND POWERFUL NOVEL."--New WomanFamed presidential advisor Stephen Upton has suffered a stroke, and his four very different daughters gather in his perfectly appointed mansion outside Boston to await his death or recovery. Elizabeth, cold and calculating, fights hard for every success and pays a high price; beautiful Mary has always needed a man to support her tastes, but time is catching up with her; Alex can't remember her childhood and wants to know why; and Ronnie, illegitimate and proud, refuses to acknowledge her feelings for the man they all love and hate. In the weeks to come, they will learn one another's terrible secrets, and the astonishing truth about the life they might have shared....Once again, Marilyn French has written an extraordinary novel of our times--a novel of family love and resentment, of sisterhood and fatherhood, of acceptance and rejection and the search for peace."SHOULD STRIKE A CHORD WITH EVERY WOMAN who is willing to think honestly about the place of femaleness in the world."--Chicago Tribune
By the author of the groundbreaking feminist novel The Women's Room , The Bleeding Heart is a compelling novel about the devastating power of marriage -- and the unexpected power of love. A love story for and about adults, it speaks to the hearts and minds of women and men everywhere. Dolores and Victor are both successful, both Americans living alone in England. They meet and fall instantly in love, only to discover they agree on nothing. From the start they know they have only one year together. Their affair is sometimes bitter, always passionate, and, in the end, an extraordinary revelation for them both.
In this new novel by the author of The Women's Room and Her Mother's Daughter, a hugely successful, middle-aged writer of romance novels encounters the possibility of romantic love in her own life.
Mit 13 Jahren wird Lowan in den Harem eines mächtigen Fürsten verkauft. Zunächst ist sie glücklich, da ein Leben im Überfluss auf sie zu warten scheint. Eine Geschichte aus Tausendundeiner Nacht.
Een middelbare vrouw kijkt met groot inlevingsvermogen, maar ook afstand terug op haar leven als adolescent en jong volwassene in de Verenigde Staten in de jaren '60 en '70.
In ihren bewegenden Erinnerungen schildert Marilyn French ihren murigen Kampf gegen die tödliche Krankheit mit der Einsicht und Offenheit, die Millionen von Leser und Leserinnen aus ihren erfolgreichen Romanen kennen. Sie beschreibt eindringlich die Auseinandersetzungen mit Ärzten und Behörden, sowie das Leben nach ihrer folgenschweren Erkrankung
Cornelia Holfelder-von der Tann, geboren 1950, beschloss nach dem Studium (Anglistik, Germanistik, Romanistik) und einem Lehramtsreferendariat, es mit dem literarischen Übersetzen zu probieren und ist seither hauptberuflich dabeigeblieben. 2021 wurde sie mit dem Übersetzerpreis für langjähriges Übersetzen, „Rebekka“, ausgezeichnet.
Marilyn French, 1929 in New York geboren, unterrichtete ab 1964 englische Literatur u. a. in Harvard, wo sie 1972 mit einer Arbeit über James Joyce promovierte. Ihr Bestseller «Frauen» wurde erstmals 1977 veröffentlicht und in über 20 Sprachen übersetzt. Marilyn French starb 2009 in New York.
Een succesvolle 60-jarige schrijfster van damesromans wordt verliefd op de hoofdredacteur van een krant; zijn onduidelijkheid over hun verhouding bezorgt haar een zomer vol emoties en romantische twijfels.
Een succesvolle 60-jarige schrijfster van damesromans wordt verliefd op de hoofdredacteur van een krant; zijn onduidelijkheid over hun verhouding bezorgt haar een zomer vol emoties en romantische twijfels.
