A Secret Sisterhood: The Literary Friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf by Emily Midorikawa
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
As part of my ongoing research for my thesis I primarily focused on the section that dealt with Jane Austen’s friendship with Anne Sharp.
I was excited to read this book and had high hopes to find little pieces of information that could be truly beneficial for my thesis.
I ended up being disappointed. It did discuss the friendship that had not really been mentioned by anyone else, but the research and evidence provided is lacking. Barely any quotes are used and the ones that are included seem superficial.
It all seemed to only scratch the surface and it ended too abruptly.
Overall, it is still very interesting, but my demanding academic expectations have caused me to view everything with a magnifying glass these days. I would still recommend it to anyone, who is interested in little known facts on female literary friendships.
