Who's the best female novelist?
Virginia Woolf and the Brontes.
>>7976164
Willa cather
>>7976164Me.
>>7976191
Ayyy Lemme see them pussy flaps
>>7976164
Flan flan
>>7976164
Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein.
That's too easy.
Harder question: who's the best female novelist of the past 50 years?
>>7976201
Flannery O'Connor was 52 years..
Probably Svetlana then
>>7976201
Elena Ferrante, Chris Kraus, Didion too late?
Woolf, Munro, Sor Juana, Austen, Castellanos,the author of the Bible according to Mr Bloom
>>7976164
George Eliot.
Willa Cather.
>>7976164
>dumb frogposter
>thread about females
subtle
>>7976164
Woolf for prose, Austen for characters, plot, dialouge, etc.
So basically Woolf
>>7976181
Woolf is probably the best overall female writer in history but Jane Eyre is a masterpiece.
Virginia Woolf you dumb idiot butt hole.
according to my english professor shakespeare was a gay black woman
Kathryn Lasky.
Eliot, Munro and Anne bronte for me.
I don't care for Austen or Woolf but it takes all sorts innit
>>7976164
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Connie Willis.
scroll down and click awards.
Goddamn
>>7977120
Oops
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connie_Willis
>>7976528
George Eliot is the correct answer.
>>7977120
I tried reading Doomsday Book. Holy fuck what an annoying pile of bullshit.
Not the best, but I just wanted to mention Laura Restrepo. love her work.
Not sure about the absolute best, since they have such different strengths, but my top 3 is
Woolf
Eliot
Wharton
Austen tbqh
>>7976181
Woolf is low brow trash fiction
Emily Bronte
>>7976198
this
Why do you need to know? Did you finish reading all the male novelists?
Clearly Rand, even if you hate her this is an objective fact
austen
geroge eliot
iris murdoch
Ayn Rand
>>7976164
Marguerite Yourcenar
>>7977128
why is she so underrated on /lit/? not american enough?
