Front cover of the book 'The Penguin Book of Women's Lives' edited by Phyllis Rose, featuring a collage of vintage portraits and illustrations in pink, yellow, blue, and red tones, with the Penguin logo in the top right.

The Penguin Book of Women's Lives by Phyllis Rose (Paperback, 1996)

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The Penguin Book of Women's Lives by Phyllis Rose (ed.).

A treasury of the 20th-century literature of women's lives - autobiographies, journals, memoirs - which is a celebration of life itself. It includes widely read writers from Woolf, McCarthy and de Beauvoir to Isak Dinsen, Jill Conway, Maya Angelou, Annie Dillard and Joan Didion.

We encounter the worlds of a traditional midwife, a South African labour organiser and an aviation pioneer. We share in the loss of war (Marguerite Duras), the challenges of poverty (Carolina Maria de Jesus), and the joys and torments of life from childhood to old age.

 

Format: Paperback | 826 pages

Dimensions (cm): 21.5 x 13.5 x 4.6 | 668g

Publication Date: 26 Feb 1996

Publisher: Penguin Books

Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom

Language: English

ISBN10: 0140235361

ISBN13: 9780140235364

 

Conditions: Good

A vintage book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks and scratches, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with very minimal, tiny, scuff marks, but no creasing or tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.