Which Legendary Female Author Are You?

Pick something to read.

Science fiction

Contemporary fiction

Contemporary romance

A memoir

Poetry

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Pick a quote.

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

“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.”

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

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

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

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Pick a fictional party to attend.

A glamorous party at an embassy

A ball at a country estate

A futuristic dance party

A picnic under the stars

A literary salon

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

“Can’t you write anything normal?”

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

“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.”

“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 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

A woman who feels silenced and underappreciated

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Which Legendary Female Author Are You?

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