Classic Female Authors and Novels
The famous 19th century author who wrote Pride and Prejudice.
Who is Jane Austen?
George Eliot
Who is Mary Ann Evans?
In Little Women, the story follows the lives of this 19th-century heroine and her three sisters.
Who is Jo March?
In her 1978 poem, she wrote, "You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise."
Who is Maya Angelou?
This dystopian novel was published in 1985 by Margaret Atwood.
What is The Handmaid's Tale?
The line, “I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will," is from this 1847 novel.
What is Jane Eyre?
Currer Bell
Who is Charlotte Brontë?
She volunteered as tribute to take her sister's place in this 2008 dystopian novel.
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
This 19th century poet was known for her famous works, including "Because I could not stop for Death," "Hope is the thing with feathers," and "I felt a Funeral, in my Brain."
Who is Emily Dickinson?
Octavia E. Butler published this 1995 dystopian novel.
What is the Parable of the Sower?
The character, Catherine Earnshaw, is from this 1847 novel.
What is Wuthering Heights?
Ellis Bell
Who is Emily Brontë?
This literary heroine is from the 1937 novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Who is Janie Crawford?
The poem, "Wild Geese," is written by what American poet.
Who is Mary Oliver?
This 1995 dystopian novel is about a young girl who is in a cage underground with thirty nine other women.
What is I Who Have Never Known Men?
This British novelist wrote Mrs. Dalloway and introduced the literary style technique, stream of consciousness.
Who is Virginia Woolf?
E.M. Barnard
Who is Louisa May Alcott?
Alice Walker's 1982 novel, The Color Purple, focuses on the story of this literary heroine.
Who is Celie?
The 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, was written by this American playwright and writer.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
This American author is best known for her works of fantasy, sci-fi, and speculative fiction, including her famous short story, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.
Who is Ursula K. Le Guin?
The line, "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous," is from what 1818 Gothic novel.
What is Frankenstein?
George Sand
Who is Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin?
Who is Stephen Gordon?
This American playwright and novelist wrote the play, Alison's House.
Who is Susan Glaspell?
Tamsyn Muir is known for this famous sci-fi-fantasy novel series, with its first novel, Gideon the Ninth.
What is the Locked Tomb series?