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[greeniezona]

So, who else is excited for the upcoming movie about the life of Colette? This is one of those classics that is also a truly enjoyable read. If you haven’t read it yet, make sure to add them both to your list! While the second book is through the eyes of the young man, Cheri, it tells the story of women who have determine their own lives, and experiences no comeuppance or tragic punishment for having been courtesans, or having affairs, or being cheated on. . . #womenintranslation #womenintranslationmonth #witmonth #translatedfromfrench #colette #cheri #thelastofcheri #translatedfiction #translatedclassics #summerreads

[greeniezona]

Today seemed like the day for a classic. The City of Ladies by Christine de Pizan who loved from 1364 to 1430! Certainly no one ever told me in school that women were writing works of feminism in the *Middle Ages*. Anyway, Pizan has had quite enough of reading books written by men about how women are terrible, so she writes her own book, constructing a rhetorical city populated by valiant and faithful women from history (pagan, Jew, and Christian alike), building up a foundation, windows, and towers to clear womankind of those evils they have been accused of, and establish their virtues. She then goes further to argue for the education and self-determination of women. . A gem I might never have discovered but for the Penguin Great Ideas series. . . #womenintranslation #womenintranslationmonth #witmonth #translatedfromfrench #christinedepizan #thecityofladies #rosalindbrowngrant #penguingreatideas #feministclassics