Which Legendary Female Author Are You?

Pick something to read.

Science fiction

Contemporary romance

Poetry

Contemporary fiction

A memoir

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Pick a quote.

“When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.”

“It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.”

“Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.”

“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.”

“I told Father I needed a coat to wear to school. . . . He rode to town on his bicycle to buy some material, and he made a coat for me. Since we did not have a sewing machine, he had to sew it by hand.”

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Pick a fictional party to attend.

A glamorous party at an embassy

A literary salon

A picnic under the stars

A futuristic dance party

A ball at a country estate

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Pick the criticism you’d be most impacted by. (Thankfully, these women rose above!)

“It isn’t that this novel is bad, but that it deserves to be better. In execution it is too complex and wordily pretty, even dull.”

“Though one senses [in her words a] deep felt passion and occasional fanciful charm, they express rather a kind of ferocious naiveté.”

“Because our Korean names were too difficult for them to remember, the children at school always said ‘Hey you!’ when they wanted our attention.”

“Can’t you write anything normal?”

“She makes me detest all her people, without reserve. Is that her intention?”

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Choose a character to read about.

A woman who defies gender stereotypes

A woman who feels silenced and underappreciated

A woman being forced to marry against her will

A woman who travels back in time to the 1800s

A woman who leaves her homeland seeking a better life

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Which Legendary Female Author Are You?

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