Florence King

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born

in Washington, DC, The United States

January 05, 1936

gender

female

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Humor, Nonfiction

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Born in Washington, D.C. in 1936 to a bookish British father and a tomboy American mother, Florence King spent her childhood living with her parents, her maternal grandmother, and her grandmother's maid.

King showed talent in French, but unable to pursue it as a major at American University, she switched to a dual major of history and English. She attended the University of Mississippi for graduate school, but did not complete her M.A. degree after losing her former girlfriend in a car crash.

King currently lives alone in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she continues to write for the National Review.

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Florence King's Books

Average rating: 4.04 · 1,598 ratings · 165 reviews · 13 distinct works · Similar authors

	Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 733 ratings — published 1990 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Southern Ladies & Gentlemen 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 237 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	With Charity Toward None: A Fond Look At Misanthropy 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Reflections In A Jaundiced Eye 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1990 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Florence King Reader 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Sisterhood Was in Flower 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lump It or Leave It 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	STET, Damnit!: The Misanthrope's Corner: 1991 to 2002 4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wasp, Where Is Thy Sting? 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deja Reviews: Florence King All Over Again: Selections from National Review and The American Spectator 4.73 of 5 stars 4.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2006	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Keep dating and you will become so sick, so badly crippled, so deformed, so emotionally warped and mentally defective that you will marry anybody.”
― Florence King, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

tags: dating-advice

39 people liked it

“The witty woman is a tragic figure in American life. Wit destroys eroticism and eroticism destroys wit, so women must choose between taking lovers and taking no prisoners.”
― Florence King

27 people liked it

“If any of us had heard the word "feminist" we would have thought it meant a girl who wore too much makeup, but we were, without knowing it, feminists ourselves, bound together by the freemasonry that exists among intelligent women who know they are intelligent. It is the only kind of female bonding that works, which is why most men do not like intelligent women. They don't mind one female brain if they can enjoy it privately; it's the idea of two or more on the loose that upsets them. The girls in the college-bound group might not have been friends in every case--Sharon Cohen and I gave each other willies--but our instincts told us that we had the same enemies.”
― Florence King, Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady

tags: feminism

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