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Revelations: Diaries of Women
Excerpts from the private diaries of women, known and unknown, among them Louisa May Alcott, Sophie Tolstoy, George Eliot, Anais Nin.
Paperback, 428 pages
Published
June 12th 1975
by Vintage
(first published 1974)
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Jul 14, 2010
Yvensong
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People who read and write journals
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I like reading diaries and letters that give a more personal insight into the thoughts and feelings of various people. This book brings together snippets of diaries written by women throughout history.
Anais Nin gives a succinct description of how she felt when she first met June, Henry Miller's wife. Other women tell of their thoughts and feelings about slavery, war, losing children, falling in love, being married. One woman writes to keep her sanity while attempting to survive alone in the brut...more
Anais Nin gives a succinct description of how she felt when she first met June, Henry Miller's wife. Other women tell of their thoughts and feelings about slavery, war, losing children, falling in love, being married. One woman writes to keep her sanity while attempting to survive alone in the brut...more
This is an interesting collection of excerpt from womens' diaries. Thye go from known memoirists, like Anne Frank and Anais Nin to one, at least to me, lesser known: Henry James sister and the sister of William Wordsworth, for instance. The introductor, explanatory material is minimal but helpful. Overall, the women are left to speak for themselves, and whether it is the rigors of war (American Civl War and WWII) or finding a place to part a broken-down caravan or (in the case of a memorable "Un...more
You can read this in snippets. It is fascinating to read about womens' experiences and how they still resonate today. Always interesting to other journal-keepers.
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